Utah Domestic Abuse Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Sutherland Maclean </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged withabusive sexual contact while in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b) and 2246(3), and 49 U.S.C. § 46506. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Robert Sutherl... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - UT)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Devin Michael Tew </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of drug-manufacturing paraphernalia. By Kent Morlan Devin Michael Tew, 40, of West Jordan, Utah, operated an illegal online business via his website poppyseedwash.com. More specifically, he sold “PoppySeed Wash” kits to customers who wanted to get high off the opium coatings on specia... More...
$ (05-10-2026 - ut)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnston Blackhorse </h2> </center>
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. In February 2025, while serving a lifetime of supervised release for prior child sex crimes, two probation officers conducted a home visit where Johnston Blackhorse, 42, lived alone in Aneth, Utah.. Pursuant to Blackhorse’s supervised release conditions, the officers conducted a... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> State of Utah v. Damien Michael Draughon </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, one count of obstruction of justice, and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor. Damien Michael Draughon married a woman who had two children from a prior relationship. He subsequently developed what he acknowledged was an inappropriate relati... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo, 44, of Mexico, was charged by felony information on December 17, 2025. In addition to his term of imprisonment, the court imposed a sentence of three years of supervised release. Upon his release of imprisonment, De Jesus-Mayo will be remanded to the c... More...
$ (02-19-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Matthew Elton
Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Austin Riley Jensen
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Law enforcement found communications between Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing ima... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Halee Ann Mehlbauer
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained approximately $177,030 in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans, along with her codefendant, Timothy Lopez, which they did not qualify for. She was also sentenced to two years’ supervised release and ordered by the court to pay $177,030 in restitution, of which $48,507 is to be ... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - UT)<H2> State of Utah v. Sterrett Oney Neale
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of sex-related crimes committed against one of his students. The victim told investigators about a pattern of the abuse that began in March of 2017—when she was a seventeen-year-old student of the defendant—after a school-play that the victim participated in and the defendant directed. Initia... More...
$ (11-28-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.<br> <br> In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online<br> relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the<br> next nine months, Stimka and the gi... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Alexander Jon Ogilvie
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).<br> <br> After the October 2022 shooting, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ogilvie, charging him with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Jairo Cesar Vazquez Garzon, aka "Rafael The Grand Warlock"
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one county of First-degree felony object rape.<br> <br> Jairo Cesar Vasquez Garzon, 57, known as "Rafael The Grand Warlock," has been charged with three counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object ra... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Ri... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - UT)Martha Ellis v. Salt Lake City Corporation, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal Injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Martha Ellis joined the Salt Lake City Fire Department ("SLCFD†or the<br> "Departmentâ€) as a firefighter in 1994. Thereafter, she quickly moved up<br> the ranks. In 2004, she was promoted to Fire Captain and served as the<br> Fire Marshal for the Salt Lake City ... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richard Jac... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Utah Gymnastics Coach Sentenced to 10 Years' Imprisonment for Child Sex Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Adam Richa... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Richard Jacobs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Oahu Basketball Coach Sentenced to 405 Month in Prison for Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses Involving Ten Charged Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Child Sex Crimes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Indictment Unsealed Charging a U.S. Navy Sailor Stationed in Georgia with Multiple Child Sex Crimes After Enticing a Teen Via Social Media</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Lev Aslan Dermen
Salt Lake City, Utah, Los Angeles, California, and Mimai, Florida lawyers represented the defedant charged with attempt and conspriacy to commit mail fraud.<br> <br> this case concerned an alleged conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering operation orchestrated from 2012 to 2018 by Mr. Dermen, Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston (Jacob Kingston's brother), and other co-conspirators. Specifically, Mr. De... More...
$0 (07-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka "Pablo,†33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - UT)United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of I... More...
$0 (04-21-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Jonathan Isaac Dew
Farmington, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. <br> <br> In October 2018, an agent (Agent) working for the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) was alerted that a particular IP address had connected to an online peer-to-peer file-sharing network and that someone at the IP address had offered to distr... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Flori... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Stephen Rippey
West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of object reape of a child.<br> <br> The State charged Rippey with five first-degree felonies- three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of object rape of a child-for acts that allegedly occurred between January 2005 and July 2008. Rippey pled g... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - UT)Justin ThomasChlarson v. Jacqueline Nicole Chlarson
<h2><br> Farmington, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> Justin and Jacqueline[1] were married in 2012. After a bench trial in 2021, they were divorced. At the time of trial, Justin was serving full time in the military, pending a possible disability retirement.<br> <br> In the divorce decree (the Decree), the district court awarded Justin and Jacquelin... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - UT)In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age
<h2><br> Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.<br> </h2><br> <br> Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Martin Garcia-Cardiel
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.<br> </h2><br> <br> Martin Garcia-Cardiel appeals his convictions on nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. First, he argues the trial court plainly erred and his trial counsel (Counsel) was ineffective for permitting an expert to testify about delayed reporting in c... More...
$0 (11-29-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Phillip Mason King
Ogden, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child.<br> <br> A jury convicted Phillip Mason King of aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child. King now appeals those convictions, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing certain te... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The lead defenda... More...
$0 (10-10-2024 - UT)Daniel Teufel v. Martin Marshal, et al.
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involved a former physical science technician for the Department of the Army who allegee that his security clearance was unconstitutionally revoked and his ability to freely work stripped upon findings of mental disorders against him deriving from a Fitness for D... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Giuseppe Mirenda </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the COVID-19 Relief program </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Giuseppe Mirenda, 29, of Salt Lake City, Uta... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Gordon Hunter Pedersen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fake Doctor Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure is Sentenced to 36 Months</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A United States District Court Judge sentenced a... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jordan Alan Neves Brewer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Predator </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Predator Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jordan Alan Neves Brewer, 37, of Ogden, Utah, was sentenced today to 10 years' impriso... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> South Jordan Man Sentenced to 168 Months' Imprisonment for Distribution of Child Pornography </h2></center><br> <br> James Weston Fawcett, 43, of South Jordan, U... More...
$0 (05-09-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Sharon Lee Ann Gordon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzled From HOA.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <br> Sharon Lee Ann Gordon, 66, of Hurricane, Utah, was sentenced to 12 months and one day of home detention, and three years' probation as a result of a guilty plea for stealing over $230,000 from an HOA during h... More...
$0 (04-08-2024 - ut)<h1> United States of America v. James Edgar Conner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Child Pornography Charge.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> St. George Man Sentenced to 72 Months' Imprisonment for Child Pornography Charge </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> James Edgar Conner, 42, of St. George, Utah, was sent... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - UT)State of Idaho v. Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with child a abuse. <br> <br> <br> Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of secRond-degree aggravated child abuse in December, 2023, several months after being charged with six counts of felony child abuse. <br> <br> "The two were arrested in August 2023 after police found one of Franke's sons ema... More...
$0 (02-20-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH </h1>
From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for <br> Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex <br> and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish <br> rabbi. <br> ¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a <br> movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex <br> began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex <br> s... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)<h1> STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES </h1>
During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old <br> B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About <br> three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as <br> was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his <br> uncircumcised penis looked different from Father's circumcised <br> penis. Father replied that B.B. didn't need to worry becau... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. David Hawkins
Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13.<br> <br> In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah.<br> <br> Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.<br... More...
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