Utah Excessive Force Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jawuan Donte Thomas </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery 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> Jawuan Donte Thomas attempted to rob a bank ATM in Riverton, Utah. Thomas admitted that prior to the attempted robbery, he and tw... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<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)United States of America v. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, 34; Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, 38; and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez, 21, all from Mexico, living in Salt Lake City were charged by complaint on January 15, 2026. Beginning in November 2025, the FBI Wasatc... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Mountazar Altalibi and Jaafar Altalibi
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing Alpha-yrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or “bath salts. Mountazar Altalibi, 36, of Salt Lake County, Utah, and Jaafar Altalibi, 44, both of Salt Lake County, were charged with distributing Alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or ... 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)<enter> United States of America v. Bryan Walter McMahan
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl by mailing a package of oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a Utah woman, who died after ingesting the narcotic. Brayan Walter McMahan, age 41, of Las Vegas, Skip to main content An official website of the United States government USAO-UT seal Utilities About USAO-UT Find ... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Todd Harold Cooper
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.<br> <br> In 2003, a jury convicted Cooper of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. At sentencing, the government sought a life sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), the three strikes provision. Relevant here, § 3559(c) mandates a life<br> sentence if the defendant "is conv... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Tovar-Ruiz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Crimes in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Indicted for Drug Crimes in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A Mexican national,... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - 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)<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)<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. Sabino Osvaldo Gomez-Perez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Sentenced to Imprisonment for Fentanyl Trafficking in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> S... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - UT)Benjamin Joseph Herold v. Michael Christensen, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive for claim.<br> <br> Benjamin Joseph Herold, who suffers from mental illness, lost his right eye after he was shot in the face with pepper spray during an encounter with three St. George, Utah police officers in March 2019. Herold sued Sergeant Michael Christensen (the officer who pepper-sprayed him) and the City ... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - 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. Dr. Michael Kirk Moore
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with:<br> <br> 18:371 CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES; 18:981(a)(l)(C) and 28:2461 Intent to Seek Forfeiture<br> (1ss) <br> 18:371 and 641 CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES Conspiracy to Convert, Sell, Convey, and Dispose of Government Property; 18:981(a)(l)(C) and 28:2461 Intent to Seek Forfeit... More...
$0 (07-13-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Kern </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southern Utah Man Facing Sex Trafficking Charges </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man accused of forcing a victim to engage in commercial sex acts and forcing the victi... More...
$0 (03-17-2025 - 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. 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)<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)<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. 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. 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. Luis Alexander Coronado </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Narcotics.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Utah Drug Trafficker Admits to Selling Narcotics </h3></center></i><br> <br> Luis Alexander Coronado was sentenced to over 5 years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release and the ... More...
$0 (02-07-2024 - 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> 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. 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. Leticia Marie Torres, Brianna Marie Taylor, Charles Masters
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of baggage from interstate shipping. <br> <br> Leticia Marie Torres, 42, of Salt Lake City; and Brianna Marie Taylor, 42, of Midvale, Utah, are charged in one indictment and Charles Masters, 31, of West Valley City, Utah, is charged in a separate indictment. <br> <br> As alleged in the indictment for Torres a... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Angel Rubio-Quintana
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.<br> <br> Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - 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)Bernadette Bell v. Judge Memorial Cathloic High School, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that they discriminated against him because of his age.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Barry Bell filed this action against his former employer, Defendant Judge Memorial Catholic High School (JMCHS) and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City dba Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City (Diocese), alleging Defen... More...
$0 (05-22-2023 - UT)Jeffrey Helvie v. Chad Jenkins
Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an excessive force theory.<br> <br> On August 23, 2018, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Deputy Jenkins observed Plaintiff [Helvie] make several traffic infractions while driving a Nissan pickup truck. Specifically, Deputy Jenkins observed [Helvie] turn without using a signal; accelerate, slow down and then accelerate to ... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - UT)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. <br> <br> 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...
$0 (05-09-2023 - UT)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.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Salt_Lake_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah"</a><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, ... More...
$0 (03-09-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Merrill Darrell Fackrell
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying and using a straight edge razor blade during a flight.<br> <br> On November 21, 2022, Merrill Darrell Fackrell, age 41, from Syracuse, Utah, departed on JetBlue Flight #871 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York en route to Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah. Fackrell was seated in a win... More...
$0 (11-23-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Stanley Beckstrom
St. George, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of meth.<br> <br> Stanley Beckstrom traveled to California to obtain methamphetamine. On July 21, 2021, Beckstrom delivered methamphetamine to a local restaurant in downtown St. George. The methamphetamine was tested in a drug lab. It was 100% pure and weighed one pound.<br> <br> The Washington County Drug Task F... More...
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