Utah Illegal Reentry Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Pitshou Yunga Kafuku </h2> ,<center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with check fraud. <center><h2> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/*/lawyers/*/criminal_defense.asp"target="_new"><h2>Click Here For The Best * Criminal Defense Lawyer Directory</h2></a></font></center> Pitshou Yunga Kafuku, 43, of Millcreek, Utah, ran a check fraud scheme between 2022–2025, stealing upwards of $... More...
$ (08-03-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow </h2> <center>
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with helping an illegal alien evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest. 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> Jennifer Joma, 27, and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, 26, both of Logan, Utah, were working at the L... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - 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. Zuemei Zhao </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a restricted person (alien). uemei Zhao, 54, of the People’s Republic of China, admitted that she illegally possessed a black Rossi Braztech Int’l .357 Magnum revolver pistol in Zhao’s checked luggage. Prior to delivering the suitcase to American Airlines, Zhao did not disclose ... 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)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. 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. n July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the next nine months, Stimka and the girl exchang... 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. Juan Alberto Hernandez-Rodriguez
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Josue Tonatihu Arellano-Cervantes
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of deported alien.... 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. Melecio Matias Valentin
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by an illegal alien in violation of 18:922(g)(5)(A).... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - 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. 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. 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. Radimiro Jimenez-Jimenez
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (07-31-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealiing </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the main defendant and ma... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Oluwole Adegboruwa </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dark web drug trafficking operation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Convicted Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 360 Months' Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54, of Las Vegas, Nevada... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - 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. 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. Wade Lemon; Kacey Alan Yardley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cougar Hunting Crime in Violation of the Lacey Act </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Southern Utah Men Sentenced in Cougar Hunting Crime in Violation of the Lacey Act</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A U.S. Distr... More...
$0 (07-22-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v.Colin Andrew Shapard </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance that resulted in serious bodily injury. .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Defendant obtained drugs via the dark web, and was responsible for two prior overdose deaths </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br... More...
$0 (04-04-2024 - 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)Stephanie D. Allen v. Salt Lake County
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Third Judicial District Court State of Utah, 220906186, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> <br> <br> The law makes it illegal for an employer to make any employment decision because of a person's race, color,... More...
$0 (02-06-2024 - 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. 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. Chris E. McCormick
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and money laundering. <br> <br> In May 2020, in the District of Utah and elsewhere, Chris E. McCormick, 64, of Cottonwood Heights, illegally made false representations to Mountain America Credit Union to obtain approximately $266,000 in PP... More...
$0 (06-05-2023 - UT)Alyssa Aguila v. Planned Parenthood of Utah and Adriana Rodriguez Navarro
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on negligence and breach of fiduciary theories claiming that Navarro-a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood-had publicized Aguila's private health information and that Planned Parenthood was vicariously liable for Navarro's actions. Aguila also made direct claims against Planned Parenthood for negligent hiring, training, and supervisio... More...
$0 (05-11-2023 - Ut)United States of America v. Christopher Philip Padilla
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl he was communicating with via Facebook Messenger.<br> <br> Christopher Philip Padilla, 33, of Salt Lake City, admitted that between September 2020 and January 2021 he used Facebook Messenger and his cell phone to communicate with a 13-year-old girl. On January 15, 2021, Padilla dro... More...
$0 (03-28-2023 - UT)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.<br> <br> At trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence that Christopher Flynn, age 38, of Syracuse, worked with others to sell $... More...
$0 (08-08-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Michael Earl Yellow
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.<br> <br> Michael Earl Yellow, 56, of Goulding, Utah was indicted for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense. <br> <br> According to court documents, Yellow pleaded guilty to the unauth... More...
$0 (06-09-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Calvin Curtis
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> Attorney Calvin Curtis, age 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in November of 2021, to embezzling millions of dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake City, known as Calvin Curtis Attorney at Law PLLC, and Curtiselderlaw.com. By the time of hi... More...
$0 (05-16-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Joseph "Norte Joe" Gomez
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> Joseph "Norte Joe†Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for di... More...
$0 (12-14-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Calvin Curtis
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with charged with wire fraud and money laundering.<br> <br> Attorney Calvin Curtis, 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in federal court today to two counts involving wire fraud and money laundering for his role in embezzling at least $9.5 million dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake C... More...
$0 (11-18-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Nathan Pehrson
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with the pain killing narcotic hydromorphone, a powerful schedule II opioid drug that is used to treat patients with moderate to severe pain.<br> <br> During Pehrson's employment as a nurse at an Intermountain Healthcare facility on a surgical and trauma ward... More...
$0 (07-30-2021 - UT)United States of America v. Wilmer Arellano-Nieto
Salt Lake City, Utah illegal reentry after deportation charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with reentry of a previously removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326.... More...
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