Legal News for St. George, Utah
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United States of America v. Hector Luis Castillo-Reyes
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing, selling and distributing fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. ,On August 14, 2025, a San Juan County Deputy Sheriff stopped Castillo-Reyes for a traffic violation. A dog sniff was conducted and the K9 alerted positive to the presence of illegal narcotics. During a search of the vehicle, law enforcem... More...
(10-19-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Jared Marsh
St. George, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Jared Marsh, age 49, of Santa Clara, Utah, was in possession of child pornography. Law enforcement executed a search warrant on Marsh’s phone after being contacted by a victim who reported Marsh had sexually explicit photos of her without her co... More...
(09-18-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Aaron Kern
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C.1591, and transportation for prostitution purposes in violation of 18 U.S.C.2421. Reported by Kent Morlan Aaron Kern manipu... More...
(08-28-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Marcus Kentral Brown
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(A)(1). Reported by Kent Morlan On July 13, 2021, Marcus Kentral Brown, 44, of Chicago, Illinois, was pulled over by a Utah Hig... More...
(07-13-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Johnston Blackhorse
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)State of Utah v. Malachi Robles-Romo
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter, felony discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, and possession of a controlled substance. Malachi Robles-Romo admitted that he shot and killed a St. George juvenile.... More...
(01-09-2026 - UT)State of Utah v. Ryan A. Williams
Washington County, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree felony aggravated robbery. Ryan A. Williams, 47, accused robbing a credit union.... More...
(01-09-2026 - UT)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)State of Utah v. Mia Bailey
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated assault.... More...
(12-19-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Ranee Eugene Stratton
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of heroin and unlawful transportation of a firearm.... More...
(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...
(10-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Shae Golden Langston
St. George, utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and possession of child porn.... More...
(09-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Marcus William Clark
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. ... More...
(09-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Aaron Kern
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking Southern Utah Man Facing Sex Trafficking Charges A man accused of forcing a victim to engage in commercial sex acts and forcing the victi... More...
(03-17-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Navin Daryan Wright
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. 21:841(a)(1) NARCOTICS - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute; 18:2 Aiding and Abetting (1) ... More...
(07-11-2024 - UT)Inge Boldt v. Glenn Kassel and New Prime
St. George, Utah personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory. Utah has a comparative negligence law in place that has a 50 percent fault bar. This means that if you are at least half at fault, you will not retain anything from the accident. If you are at less than half at fault, you will receive a partial damage award. ... More...
(03-18-2024 - UT)United States of America v. Joseph Charles Gardner
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stolen Guns. Utah Felon Convicted of Murder Returns to Prison for Stolen Guns A Southern Utah man, out on parole following a 1990 state murder conviction, was sentenced to 102 mon... More...
(03-13-2024 - UT)State of Idaho v. Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with child a abuse. 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. "The two were arrested in August 2023 after police found one of Franke's sons ema... More...
(02-20-2024 - UT)J.B. v. Social Security Administration
St. George, Utah social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.... More...
(12-08-2023 - UT)C.S. v. Socials Security Administration
St. George, Utah social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW by HHS. Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have "insured status†under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must have worked above a minimum amount 5 out of the last 10 years (as measured in quart... More...
(08-29-2023 - UT)United States of America v. Stanley Beckstrom
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...
(10-26-2022 - UT)State of Utah v. Bradley Scott Hunt
St. George, Utah criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder and third-degree felony possession and use of a firearm to commit a crime. Bradley Scott Hunt was accused of shooting and killing Christopher Montgomery, age 38, who was shot and killed in a residence in Washington City, Utah in May 2020. The victim was found lying in his driveway with a bulle... More...
(09-02-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Anthony John Ramirez
St. George, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking. Anthony John Ramirez, age 59, found to be in possession of a quarter of a pound of fentanyl and $9,000 in cash when he was stopped in December, 2021. 21:841 NARCOTICS - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE/Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute (1)... More...
(06-10-2022 - UT)United States of America v. Nan Ma
St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to file financial reports with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from China. Nam Ma, age 39, of Washington, Utah failed to report with the United States Treasury after bringing currency in excess of $10,000 back into the United States from ... More...
(05-16-2022 - UT)Jay Scott Esplin v. Savannah Grace Taylor
St. George, Utah personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of Defendant's failure to exercise due care in the operation of his motor vehicle. The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case. This case was ini... More...
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