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United States of America v. Luis Robert Velazquez,
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled drug. Luis Robert Velazquez, 39, of Cockrell Hill, Texas, pled guilty in July 2025, to a drug conspiracy in which he admitted to trafficking narcotics for Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). According to plea documents, in the span of less than five months, from November 2024 to April 2025, Velazquez admitted to having received shipme
View VerdictState of Texas v. Jasn Barrera
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with burglary. Jason Barrera, age 28, stealing cooper from a San Antonio Independent School District Building.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Alexander Pena
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one count of assault causing bodily injury and one count of interfering with an emergency request for assistance. Alexander Pena, age 29, was fighting with another person around 6:15 p.m. Saturday near the entrance of the zoo at Brackenridge Park. When a 42-year-old and 18-year-old tried to stop the fight, Pena wielded a knife and stabbed both men..
View VerdictState of Texas v. Aaron Jamar Blackman
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with indecent exposure. Aaron Jamar Blackman is facing several counts of indecent exposure after officers said they spoke with witnesses who said they saw Blackman walking around an apartment complex located at 3650 George Dieter Dr. (near Montana Avenue), nude. Blackman is 34 and a registered sex offender.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Enrique Villegas
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with public intoxication, assaulting a peace officer and resisting arrest, and a combined bond was set at $10,097. Police were called to check on Villegas who was passed out on a sidewalk. When the Officers attempted to help him, he started with fighting with officers, kicking one multiple times as he was being put in the patrol car and taken to Horizon PD headquarters, then to the El Paso County Downtown Jail.
View VerdictState of Oklahoma v. Tyrese Riley
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with drunk driving for having a blood alcohol level of 0.12 when he crashed into another vehicle on I-10 while driving drunk with two kids in the car. It was found that Riley had nine outstanding traffic warrants. Riley was taken to the El Paso County Downtown Jail, where he was booked and charged with DWI with a child under 15 years of age, with a bond set at $10,000.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Nicholas Ray Fuentes
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Nicholas Ray Fuentes, at 18, who was charted with drug possession. Fuentes was stopped by an officer for jaywalking and was ordered to stop and did not and searched. The officer found a "smoking device" with drugs.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ashley Nicole Ponce
Lufkin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance -methamphetamine. On October 30, 2024, law enforcement responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a man and a woman at a Corrigan convenience store. As a result, a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle linked to the disturbance, and a search of the vehicle revealed drugs, including methamphetamine, drug trafficking paraphernalia, and a firearm.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Fernando Carmona
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Fernando Carmona, charged with aggravated robbery.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Christopher McDavid
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Christopher McDavid, charged with felony possession of a firearm.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Malcolm Love
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Malcolm Love, charged with possession of controlled substance.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Taylor Aaron Sudol
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, ch
View VerdictState of Texas v. Gilbert Silva
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Gilbert Silva, charged with aggravated robbery.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Akber Jesani and Hardin Ameena
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with engaging in organized criminal activity, aggregate theft, and money laundering in violation of Texas law. Akber Jesani, 39, and Hardin Ameena, 28, both residents of Sugarland, Texas, are accused of stealing 1,900 stolen electronic devices valued at approximately $1.8 million May 17 as part of an ongoing investigation into a suspected $65 million transnational organized retail crime scheme to smuggle stolen c
View VerdictState of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant on charged and convicted of "Shaken Babby Syndome. e Dallas County Criminal District Attorney’s Office announces the exoneration of Andrew Wayne Roark, 48, for his 2000 injury to a child conviction after an extensive and careful re- evaluation of the evidence by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). Changes in science regarding the mechanism of the injury, which the Court of Cr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Judge and Raquelle Judge
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. AI Overview 18 U.S.C. § 1349 makes it a federal crime to attempt or conspire to commit any fraud offense under Chapter 63 of Title 18, imposing the same penalties as if the actual fraud were completed, covering mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, and healthcare fraud. This law targets those who plan or try to execute schemes like phishing, malware, identity theft, or kickbacks i
View VerdictSixto Gerardo Zuniga v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Dallas, Texas, immigration lawyer represented the Petitioner seeking review of the order that his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 constituted an aggravated felony.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Daniel Ray Garica
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mailing a threatening communication.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ivan Alexys Oseguera Vara
Laredo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling a stolen weapon and other firearms out of the country. On June 3, Ivan Alexys Oseguera Vara, age 21, of San Antonio, Texas, drove a gray Honda Civic to the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge. He claimed to not have any firearms, ammunition or large amounts cash and was just traveling from his San Antonio home to Mexico. During a secondary inspection, law enforcement uncovered multiple bundles wra
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dustin Jay Ammons
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and explosives. Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San Antonio banks on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The suspect had attempted to breach the machines with the explosives and a field analysis of the white powder residue found in the area of the ATMs determined the presence of PentaErythritolTetraNitrate (PETN). On Dec. 12
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alfonso Avellaneda Chavarrieta
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with importing and trafficking methamphetamine. Alfonso Avellaneda Chavarrieta, 25, drove into the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Nov. 17, 2021, and was referred to secondary inspection, where a canine alerted U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to 64 bundles of methamphetamine in the vehicle’s rear tires. The methamphetamine inside the bundles tested positive for 31.4 kilograms with a purity level of 97%. Cha
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.
Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will receive $34,455.12. Advanced Pain Care is an interventional pain medicine practice with location
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alexis Aldair Chavez
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering activity and multiple acts relating to the sexual exploitation of children.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for conspiring to encourage and induce aliens to come to, enter, and reside in the United States placin
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Corey Dashun Holloway
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery, aiding and abetting. Cory Dashun Holloway, age 38, of Houston, admitted that, during the early morning hours of July 3, 2024, he traveled from Houston, Texas to the Dallas metroplex in a rental car with the intent to commit robbery. Holloway further admitted that after arriving in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, he followed an ATM technician to multiple stops as the technician re
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Raymond Lee Trejo
Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nathan Reis
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Nathan Reis, 47, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, and previously of Arizona, conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent PPP loan applications to receive loan funds for which they were not eligible. In April 2020, Reis co-founded Blueacorn, purportedly to help small businesses and individuals obtain PPP loans. Through Blueacorn, Reis and his co-conspirators submitted fraudulent P
View VerdictState of Texas v. Wayne Mercado, III
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed robbery. Wayne Mercado, III, was accused of brutally beating and robbing a victim outside a convenience store.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Elijah Turner Reyes
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Elijah Turner Reyes, 24, from El Paso, has been wanted by the El Paso Police Department since May 22, 2025, for murder. Additionally, on June 16, 2025, warrants were issued out of El Paso Co. for his arrest for failing to appear in court for prior charges related to burglary of habitation, possession of a controlled substance and assaulting a pregnant woman. In 2019, Reyes was convicted of aggravated robbery
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brice Andrew Flickinger
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. On July 9, 2021, the victim’s mother reported her daughter missing. Shortly thereafter, authorities conducted a traffic stop after observing a vehicle with two men, including Brice Flickinger Flickinger as passenger, drop the minor victim off near her home. A search resulted in the discovery of a phone in Flickinger’s possession. Forensic examination revealed at least nine vi
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Devon Shermaine Rhodes
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal methamphetamine earlier in the day. When law enforcement attempted a traffic stop, Rhodes fled, rea
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Veronica Mejia Menares aka Vero
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Veronica Mejia Menjares aka Vero, 40, sold methamphetamine to an individual three times between March 6 and April 4, 2023. She also sold heroin on two occasions in that period. It was during the April 4 exchange that the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Me
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Francisco Javier Navarro-Ramirez, et al.
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent multiple Defendants charged with various immigration law violations. Francisco Javier Navarro-Ramirez, a Legal Permanent Resident born in Mexico, was arrested near Tornillo and charged with human smuggling. A criminal complaint alleges Navarro-Ramirez was the driver of a vehicle travelling at high speeds with multiple individuals inside. Navarro-Ramirez allegedly did not yield to U.S. Border Patrol emergency lights and was eventually stop
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dustin Jay Ammons
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and unregistered explosives. Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San Antonio banks on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The suspect had attempted to breach the machines with the explosives and a field analysis of the white powder residue found in the area of the ATMs determined the presence of PentaErythritolTetraNitrate (PETN).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Victor Torres
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography. In 2023, Victor Torres paid two different 13-to-14-year-old children to produce sexually explicit material to send to him online. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered Torres’s criminal activity when they received a CyberTip from an online money exchange platform. From the CyberTip, they were able to locate multiple different accounts used by Torres to c
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Damon Tonyado Johnson
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Damon Johnson, 51, was indicted in December 2024 for robbing the PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas on November 14, 2024. He pled guilty in May 2025 to bank robbery. Today, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced Johnson to 200 months in federal prison. According to court documents, as a customer was conducting business at a teller station inside the bank, Johnson grabbed her from
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Skyler Shoemaker
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Skyler Shoemaker, age 34, of Colorado City, Texas, used Facebook Messenger to send a sexually explicit video of a four- to six-year-old child to his girlfriend, Angel Bradford. Additionally, information presented at the sentencing hearing indicated that Shoemaker used various platforms to distribute child pornography to other users online and that he also committed sex acts in fro
View VerdictState of Texas v. Kyonte Mitchell
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Kyonte Mitchell, age 21, shot and wounded Markie Amos, age 47.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. David Hunt, Brandon Hunt, Baylon Hunt, and Corey Burt
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with participating in a multimillion-dollar tax refund fraud scheme. David Hunt, of Arlington, Texas, his twin sons Brandon and Baylon Hunt, also of Arlington, and the twins’ half-brother, Corey Burt, formerly of Long Beach, Mississippi, orchestrated a scheme to file tax returns in the names of purported trusts they controlled seeking over $8.5 million in tax refunds that the trusts were not entitled to receive.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Kevin Andrew Frimpong
San Marcos, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted kidnapping. Kevin Andrew Frimpong, 38, accused of approaching a woman at the San Marcos City Cemetery and another at a nearby residence.
View VerdictState of Texas v. James Anderson
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. James Anderson was accused of killing his wife. James Anderson was charged in 2023 with murdering his wife, Victoria Anderson, in Kingwood. He was arrested by the Houston Police Department after a standoff. At the time of today’s court appearance, Anderson was out on a $300,000 bond and was in court to make a plea on the murder charge. Shortly after arriving in court, Anderson experienced a medical emerg
View VerdictState of Texas v. Armando Estrada, Jr.
El Paso, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault wiht a dangerous weapon. Armando Estrada, Jr., age 29, fired an assault rifle and a handgun at a bar in Central El Paso before leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Eleazar Stansbury
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Eleazar Stansbury, age 26, is accused of shooting and killing Clarence Rosamore, age 33.
View VerdictState of Texas v. John Doe
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with eluding police officers after it was found that he had an open warrant for his arrest. John Do sped away rather than be taken into custody. He crashed his vehicle and tried to run away on foot and started shooting at the officers.
View VerdictState of Texas v. Alexandria Hubbard
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Alexandria Hubbard, 32, was accused of fatally stabbing Jerrian Jones, 32.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jesus Duran
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by an illelgal alien.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Fabian Hernan Hernandez
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him. Where, as here, a search warrant is involved, the courts employ “a two-step process for reviewing a district court’s denial of a motion to suppress.” United States v. Cavazos, 288 F.3d 706, 709 (5th Cir. 2002). First, the courts determine “whether the good-faith exception to the exclusionary r
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ricky Lynn Currier
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly received depictions which had been transported in interstate commerce involving the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct in violation of Title USC 2252(a)(2).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rodney Ignacio Castro
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Castro admitted that he used an apartment in downtown Houston “in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.” A closet inside the apartment contained a handgun along with $1,050,086 in United States currency and jewelry worth approximately $1.25 million that “were
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Moctar Ahmadou Gouroudja Ahmadou
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm as an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B). Moctar Ahmadou claimed his conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm as an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B). He asserts that the federally licensed firearms dealer misrepresented his eligibility to possess firearms and that he is there- fore en
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