St. George, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of meth.

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.

The Washington County Drug Task F... More...    $0 (10-26-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with second degree murder.

Randy Lansing, 38, of Aneth, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation Indian Tribe, was charged by a federal grand jury in the District of Utah with second degree murder within Indian Country for unlawfully killing a member of the Navajo Nation on April 23, 2022, while on Tribal lands.
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Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants who were charged with unlawfully obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for Frisbu Trucking, Incorporated, where they were both employed.

Rowberry was sentenced to prison for a term of 12 months and a day last week in federal court. Her co-defendant, Hubert Ivan Ugarte, was sentenced to a term of 36 months i... More...    $0 (07-16-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Lev Aslan Dermen with conspiracy to wrongfully claim renewable fuel tax credits.

A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted California businessman Lev Aslan Dermen, also known as Levon Termendzhyan, of criminal charges Monday afternoon relating to a $1 billion renewable fuel tax credit fraud scheme.

The convictions were an... More...    $0 (03-20-2020 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Armed Utah Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 180 Months In Federal Prison

A Vernal, Utah, man will spend 180 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense.

U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish sentenced Steven Dean Hardinger, age 3... More...    $0 (07-10-2018 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Utah PSN Partners Target Those Who “Lie-And-Try” To Purchase A Firearm; Two Federal Firearms Licensees Also Charged

Utah Project Safe Neighborhoods partners have a message for those who “lie-and-try” in attempting to purchase a firearm from federal firearms licensees in Utah: If you lie on paperwork you are required to complete to purchase a firearm, you may end up f... More...    $0 (05-10-2018 - UT)

Plaintiffs Adrian and Angela Lee1 asked the bankruptcy court to declare that
the automatic stay in Adam and Jennifer Peeples’ bankruptcy case applies to a
separate lawsuit Adrian Lee filed in state court against defendant Scott McCardle.
The Lees also asserted that the automatic stay prevented McCardle from collecting
attorney’s fees levied against Adrian Lee in that state-court la... More...    $0 (01-30-2018 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Ute Tribal Member Pleads Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter on Uintah and Ouray Tribal Lands

Trent Sowsonicut, age 28, of Ft. Duchesne, Utah, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter on January 9, 2017 in federal court in Salt Lake City. As a part of the plea agreement, Sowsonicut admitted that he killed L.M., an enrolled member of the Ute Indian Tribe, during a quarr... More...    $0 (01-10-2018 - UT)

Michael Johnson was charged and tried for murder. At trial, Mr. Johnson requested an instruction for the lesser offense of homicide by assault. The trial court agreed and stated on the record that it would use the homicide by assault instruction submitted by Mr. Johnson. ¶3 The jury returned a guilty verdict on the murder charge, and Mr. Johnson appealed his conviction to the court of appeals. H... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

¶1 Appellants Michael E. Baker and Kathleen M. Papi-Baker (collectively, the Bakers) sought review in the district court of a decision, issued by the Park City Council (the Council), denying their application for a plat amendment. The Bakers filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that their proposed amendment complied with municipal zoning regulations and that the Council withheld its permis... More...    $0 (10-13-2017 - UT)

¶1 The oil and gas industry is a major economic force in the Uintah Basin. This industry relies, to some extent, on access to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe. The plaintiffs allege that, through its ability to restrict the industry’s access to tribal lands, the tribe has held hostage the economy of the non-Indian population.
¶2 Ryan Harvey, a plaintiff and part owner o... More...    $0 (11-07-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Lake City Man Sentenced to 330 Months in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

Donald Ray Fritcher, age 36, of Salt Lake City, will spend 330 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball, who imposed the sentence, also placed Fritcher on supervised release for life when he ... More...    $0 (07-31-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Former Carbon County Emergency Services Director Pleads Guilty To Using County Credit Card For Personal Use - Agrees to Pay $64,723.03 in Restitution to Carbon County

A former Carbon County Deputy Sheriff admitted during a hearing in federal court July 17, 2017 that he used a county credit card to purchase items for his personal use.

Jason Thomas Llewelyn, ... More...    $0 (07-19-2017 - UT)

In June 2009, as part of a federal law-enforcement investigation known as
“Operation Cerberus,” FBI and Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) agents
arrested twenty-three people and searched twelve properties in and near three Utah
cities—Blanding, Monticello, and Moab. The operation targeted persons possessing
and trafficking in Native American artifacts illegally taken from the Four ... More...    $0 (02-14-2017 - UT)

Defendant Donald Bowers was previously involved in a civil trade secret
misappropriation case that was litigated in the United States District Court for the District
of Utah. During the course of that litigation, Bowers willfully and repeatedly violated a
permanent injunction issued by the district court presiding over the case, and also refused
to purge himself of civil contempt. ... More...    $0 (02-12-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - r. Wilcox Sentenced to 100 Months in Federal Prison for Distribution of Oxycodone Convictions

Dr. Simmon Lee Wilcox, age 60, of Las Vegas, who was found guilty in January of one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone following a trial in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, will serve 100 months in federal prison.
... More...    $0 (05-10-2016 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Head of Utah Heroin, Meth Distribution Organization Sentenced to 144 Months in Federal Prison

Lorenzo Verduzco-Benitez, age 28, of West Jordan, Utah, head of a drug organization which sold heroin and methamphetamine in Utah, will serve 144 months in federal prison.

Verduzco-Benitez, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty in December to one count of conspiracy t... More...    $0 (02-26-2016 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Jury Finds St. George Doctor Guilty Of Narcotics Trafficking Offenses After Eight-Day Federal Trial

A jury concluded an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court by finding Dr. Simmon Lee Wilcox, age 60, of Las Vegas, guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone. The jury acquitted Wilcox on three counts of distri... More...    $0 (02-01-2016 - UT)

Salt Lake Ciyt, UT - Salt Lake City Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography; Agreement Includes Stipulated 156-Month Sentence

Jonathan Brett Wood, age 49, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in U.S. District Court. The plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors includes a stipulated 156-month sentence. The case is a part of ... More...    $0 (01-31-2016 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Cruz Sentenced To 198 Months In Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty To Possession Of Methamphetamine - 73.8 Pounds Of Meth Were Intended For Distribution In Utah

Travis Javier Cruz, age 38, of the Salt Lake City area, who traveled to California in October 2014 to pick up 73.8 pounds of methamphetamine from a supplier destined for distribution in Salt Lake City, will ... More...    $0 (11-19-2015 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Cruz Sentenced To 198 Months In Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty To Possession Of Methamphetamine - 73.8 Pounds Of Meth Were Intended For Distribution In Utah

Travis Javier Cruz, age 38, of the Salt Lake City area, who traveled to California in October 2014 to pick up 73.8 pounds of methamphetamine from a supplier destined for distribution in Salt Lake City, will ... More...    $0 (11-19-2015 - UT)

Chevron operates an oil refinery near Salt Lake City. The refinery contains a concrete-lined, open-air pit that is used to process various liquid and solid waste products from the refinery. One of the liquid waste products collected in the pit is mildly acidic steam condensate from the refining process, which continuously flows into the pit. Before the pit is emptied, workers ensure that the pH le... More...    $0 (09-14-2015 - UT)

The facts alleged by Plaintiffs are fully set out in the district court’s order.
Relevant to this appeal, Plaintiffs allege the individual Defendants are all
members of the Utah Plastic Surgery Society (the “Society”) and certified as
plastic surgeons by The American Board of Plastic Surgery (the “Board”). The
Society is alleged to be an unincorporated entity headquartered in Uta... More...    $0 (09-07-2015 - UT)

Chevron operates an oil refinery near Salt Lake City. The refinery contains a concrete-lined, open-air pit that is used to process various liquid and solid waste products from the refinery. One of the liquid waste products collected in the pit is mildly acidic steam

Cite as: 2015 UT 81 Opinion of the Court

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condensate from the refining process, which continuously f... More...    $0 (09-04-2015 - UT)