Utah Crime Law
 

United States of America v. Radimiro Jimenez-Jimenez

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.

8 U.S.C. 1325, also known as the "Improper Entry by Alien" law, makes it a crime for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a time or place not designated by immigration officers. It also covers eluding inspection by immigration officials or entering using... More...
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United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo”

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison



Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo,” 33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to 26... More...
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United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

In 2018, Defendant Brandon Redfoot fatally shot Julio Rodriguez. On August 18, 2023, a jury found Redfoot guilty of the following counts: Count One murder in the second degree while within Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111(a) and 1153(a); Count Two assault with a dangerous weapon ... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery

Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody



A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
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United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine

A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes



A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
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United States of America v. Rafael Antonio Torres

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People

Gunman Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People



Rafael Antonio Torres, 21, o... More...
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United States of America v. Randy Lansing

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Navajo Woman

Aneth Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Navajo Woman



Randy Lansing, 41, of Aneth, Utah, was sentenced today to a ... More...
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United States of America v. Taylor Nelson Pinder

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth and felony possession of a hand gun.
About midnight on April 30, 2021, Deputy Colton Brimhall of the
Wasatch County (Utah) Sheriff’s Office observed a speeding car and pulled
it over. A man (later identified as Mr. Pinder) was driving the car, and a
woman (later identified as Si... More...
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United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealiing

Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months’ Imprisonment



Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and ... More...
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United States of America v. Toddorius Goodwin

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Check Fraud Scheme

Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in a $200,000 Check Fraud Scheme in Utah



Toddorius Goodwin, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, ... More...
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United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dark web drug trafficking operation

Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months’ Imprisonment



Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Neva... More...
   $0 (11-14-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto

Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards



The lead defenda... More...
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United States of America v. Calvin Brantley; Lashawn Charleswell; Keaira Woods; Tiras Jack; Harold Oliver; Jevaunte Reese

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000

Six People Indicted After Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000



A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an... More...
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United States of America v. Kay Elder

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempt to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver

Utah Man that Attempted to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver is Sentenced to Federal Prison



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United States of America v. Leslie Eugene Gittoes aka “Big Craze”

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms

Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms



From September 2020 to August 2021, Leslie Eugene Gittoes, ... More...
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United States of America v. Joe Robert Rael

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking

Utah Based Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 240 Months’ Imprisonment



Joe Robert Rael, 55, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to... More...
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United States of America v. Melissa Lynn Trotter

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Officers

Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months’ Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers



Melissa Lynn Trotter, 25, of Sand... More...
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United States of America v. Wade Lemon; Kacey Alan Yardley

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cougar Hunting Crime in Violation of the Lacey Act

Two Southern Utah Men Sentenced in Cougar Hunting Crime in Violation of the Lacey Act



A U.S. Distr... More...
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United States of America v. Jaclyn Allred

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages

Utah Woman Sentenced to 18 Months’ Imprisonment for Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages



On November 15, 20... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Austin Ford

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Igniting a Bus Full of Children .


Former School Bus Driver Accused of Igniting a Bus Full of Children is Indicted and Detained



Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, Utah,... More...
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United States of America v. Jose Manuel Barbosa-Torres

Salt Lake City, Utah Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Purchase Multiple Rifles Intended for Mexico..


West Valley Man Sentenced to 27 Months’ Imprisonment After Admitting to Purchasing or Attempting to Purchase Multiple Rifles Intended for Mexico... More...    $0 (02-26-2024 - UT)

STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH

From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for
Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex
and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish
rabbi.
¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a
movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex
began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex
s... More...
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STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES

During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old
B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About
three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as
was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his
uncircumcised penis looked different from Father’s circumcised
penis. Father replied that B.B. didn’t need to worry b... More...
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United States of America v. Nelly Idowu

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an Online Romance Scam .



From 2017 to 2019, Nelly Idowu, 39, of Provo, Utah, participated in an online romance scheme that involved creating fake online dating profiles to befriend and romance victims. Idowu, and her c... More...
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United States of America v. Jason Grace

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Credit Union Robbery.





Jason Grace, 54, of St. George was sentenced to just over two years’ imprisonment followed by three years supervised release after he admitted to... More...
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United States of America v. Brandon Keith Thompson

Salt Lake City, Utah Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing an Officer’s Firearm While Attempting to Avoid Arrest



Brandon Keith Thompson, 43, of Salt Lake County, Utah, was sentenced to over nine years imprisonment followed by three years supervised release a... More...
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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder in Indian Country.

18:1111 and 1153(a) MURDER, SECOND DEGREE Murder in the Second Degree While Within Indian Country
(1)

18:924(c)(1)(A)(iii) VIOLENT CRIME/DRUGS/MACHINE GUN Use, Carry, and Discharge of a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence; 18:924(d) and... More...
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United States of America v. Jerime Montoya

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of stolen firearms and ammunition.

Jerime Montoya, age 29, of Salt Lake County, possessed a Springfield Arms Co. AR-15 rifle, a Taurus G3c 9mm handgun, a Walther PPS M2 LE edition 9mm handgun, and ammunition. Montoya admitted that he knew it was illegal for him to possess firearms after a previ... More...
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United States of America v. James D. Brunson

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of stolen firearms and ammunition.

According to court documents, and the evidence presented at trial in July 2022, James D. Brunson, age 26, of Orem, Utah, was found guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, and possession of stolen firearms. In Marc... More...
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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country.

In May 2023, Perry Maryboy, 59, of Bluff, Utah, unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country on April 13, 2018. Evidence presented at trial showed that Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection ... More...
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United States of America v. Eric Donald Johnson

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with convicted felon with allegedly attempting to sell a firearm to an undercover officer and for possessing multiple firearms.

On June 20, 2023, Eric Donald Johnson, 25, of Layton, Utah, communicated via social media with an undercover officer assigned to the Wasatch Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF), that he had mult... More...
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United States of America v. James Howard KLein

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with discharging a firearm during and in relation to carjacking and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute offenses.

On May 19, 2021, James Howard Klein, 35, of Chaska, Minnesota, was stopped by deputies in Juab County off Interstate-15 for a traffic violation. During a search of the Klein’s v... More...
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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian country.

Perry Maryboy, age 59, of Bluff, Utah, was accused of unlawfully shooting and killing a man during a roadside argument on April 3, 2018.

Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection of Country Road 443 and Summerhouse Road, escalated an ar... More...
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United States of America v. Jordy Julian Alvarez

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of extortion and cyberstalking a Utah victim and her family.

Jordy Julian Alvarez, 28, a Texas resident, repeatedly harassed and intimidated the female victim to provide an explicit video or he would release to the public compromising photos and videos of the victim already in his possession. ... More...
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United States of America v. Marcos Adrian Garcia Lugo

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute.





Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah


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State of Utah v. Bradley Scott Hunt

St. George, Utah criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder and third-degree felony possession and use of a firearm to commit a crime.

Bradley Scott Hunt was accused of shooting and killing Christopher Montgomery, age 38, who was shot and killed in a residence in Washington City, Utah in May 2020.

The victim was found lying in his driveway with a bulle... More...
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Jeffrey Hall v. Val Brown, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they violated his civil rights.


Plaintiff Jeff Hall sues Salt Lake Police Department Officers Val Brown and Kevin Murray and the City of Salt Lake, asserting that Officers Brown and Murray deprived him “of his rights protected under the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to th... More...
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United States of America v. Christopher Flynn

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

At trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence that Christopher Flynn, age 38, of Syracuse, worked with others to sell $... More...
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Cynthia Stella v. Davis County

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a prisoner civil rights violation wrongful death theory.

Cynthia Stella, individually and on behalf of The Estate of Heather Miller, deceased, sued Davis County Utah on a 1983 prisoner civil rights theory claiming that Heather Miller died as a direct result of deliberate indifference.


Ms. ... More...
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United States of America v. Brett Clinton Combs

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer and being a restricted person in possession of firearms.

Brett Clinton Combs, age 41, of Las Vegas used a rock to break into the Dixie Fish and Gun store in St. George during the early morning hours of March 4, 2022. After a “glass break” alar... More...
   $0 (07-07-2022 - UT)

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