Utah Domestic Violence Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jevaunte Reese </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C.2113(a). 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> On September 11, 2024, Taylorsville Police Department and special agents from the FBI responded to the Mounta... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Austin Ford </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Michael Austin Ford, 60, of West Valley City, intentionally set a Granite School District school bus on fire with a cigarette lighter on April 7, 2023. Ford was captured on video igniting the bus and continued to drive the bus with smoke billowing past his face. In other court documents, prosecutors descr... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael David Hanson </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with posting threats against then President Biden and Vice President Harris on the social media site X. On December 22, 2023, Michael David Hanson, 44, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, posted “#joeAndKamala I’m asking you to resign on Monday your alternative is death brutally murdered…” on one of his X accounts. ... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Todd Snider
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with disorderly conduct, threat of violence, and criminal trespassin<br> <br> Singer-songwriter Todd Snider was arrested for causing a disturbance at Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City.... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Todd Snider
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disorderly conduct, criminal trespassing, and threatening violence.<br> <br> Country Singer Todd Snider was arrested Sunday for allegedly causing a disturbance Sunday at a hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.... More...
$0 (11-04-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Daniel Moreno
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a firearm during a crime of violence.... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Cruz Javier Garcia </h1></h1>
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking 40 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Utah<br> <br> Cruz Javier Garcia, 39, of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced today to 246 months' imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release for trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine while in the District of Utah.<br> <br> Garcia's sente... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Omar Gigena </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting a Federal Officer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> California Man Sentenced to 15 Months' Imprisonment for Assaulting a Federal Officer by Putting Him in a Choke Hold</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></c... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> 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 wea... More...
$0 (03-31-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Antonio Torres </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gunman Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rafael Antonio Torres, 21, o... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Gregory Bracken </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Death Threats </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Making Death Threats to the Salt Lake County Sheriff and Others Over the Foreclosure of His Property</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Randy Lansing </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Navajo Woman </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Aneth Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Navajo Woman </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Randy Lansing, 41, of Aneth, Utah, was sentenced today to a ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - 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)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)<h1> United States of America v. Calvin Brantley; Lashawn Charleswell; Keaira Woods; Tiras Jack; Harold Oliver; Jevaunte Reese </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000 </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Six People Indicted After Allegedly Robbing an ATM of $200,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Krista Renae Stone </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-for-Hire </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Woman Who Used the Dark Web to Commit a Murder-for-Hire to Kill an Ex-Boyfriend's New Girlfriend is Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A U... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - 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. Kay Elder </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempt to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man that Attempted to Steal a Vehicle and Assaulted the Driver is Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br>... More...
$0 (08-09-2024 - UT)United States of America v. Murphy Hollis </center
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (08-09-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Leslie Eugene Gittoes aka “Big Craze†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Felon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> From September 2020 to August 2021, Leslie Eugene Gittoes, ... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - 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. Joe Robert Rael </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Based Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 240 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Joe Robert Rael, 55, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 2... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Melissa Lynn Trotter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Officers </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sandy Woman Sentenced to 15 Months' Imprisonment After Assaulting Federal Officers </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Melissa Lynn Trotter, 25, of Sandy,... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jaclyn Allred </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Woman Sentenced to 18 Months' Imprisonment for Stealing an Amazon Truck and Packages</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On November 15, 2021... More...
$0 (06-26-2024 - Ut)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Austin Ford </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Igniting a Bus Full of Children .</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Former School Bus Driver Accused of Igniting a Bus Full of Children is Indicted and Detained </h3></center></i><br> <br> Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, Utah,... More...
$0 (03-02-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Barbosa-Torres </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Purchase Multiple Rifles Intended for Mexico..</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> 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)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Grace </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Credit Union Robbery.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> <br> Jason Grace, 54, of St. George was sentenced to just over two years' imprisonment followed by three years supervised release after he admitted to a... More...
$0 (01-28-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Brandon Keith Thompson </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing an Officer's Firearm While Attempting to Avoid Arrest</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Brandon Keith Thompson, 43, of Salt Lake County, Utah, was sentenced to over nine years imprisonment followed by three years supervised release aft... More...
$0 (01-16-2024 - UT)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.<br> <br> 18:1111 and 1153(a) MURDER, SECOND DEGREE Murder in the Second Degree While Within Indian Country<br> (1)<br> <br> 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...
$0 (08-29-2023 - UT)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. <br> <br> 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...
$0 (12-08-2023 - UT)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. <br> <br> 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...
$0 (11-29-2023 - UT)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.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (06-28-2023 - UT)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. <br> <br> 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 veh... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - UT)State of Utah v. Jacob Wayne Schmidt
Cedar City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Jacob Wayne Schmidt was accused of hitting a man he knew with a vehicle. The victim, age 37, was transported to the Cedar City Hospital after being hit by Schmidt's vehicle in the Home Depot Parking lot September 7, 2020 after a conflict between the two men.<br> <br> Chad Dotson prosecuted the case.<br> <b... More...
$0 (05-26-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Perry Maryboy
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian country.<br> <br> Perry Maryboy, age 59, of Bluff, Utah, was accused of unlawfully shooting and killing a man during a roadside argument on April 3, 2018.<br> <br> 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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