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State of Arizona v. Joseph Clark

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with second degree murder. Joseph Clark beat his wife Noelle Clark, hit her with a belt, and stabbed her in the chest in a child’s bedroom. He then dragged her through the home to the garage, where he ran over her body with the car. She had tire marks on her arms. To convict someone of second-degree murder, the state must prove one of the following: • Intentional or knowing killing: The person intentionally o

United States of America v. Mohammed Maio

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Bank Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and Materially False Statement During the Acquisition of a Firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. Mohammed Maio, 44, of Phoenix, conspired to fraudulently obtain and misuse multiple Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan relief loans. He submitted false informati

State of Arizona v. Jesus Alejandro Cardenas Angulo

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant Jesus Alejandro Cardenas Angulo, 32, was charged with vehicular manslaughter for causing an accident that killed 66-year-old Amado Rodriguez, Jr. who ws crossing mid-block on 16th Street when he was struck by a white GMC pickup truck. The impact threw Rodriguez from his bike and dragged the bike several feet.

United States of America v. Rita Ntusa Anagho

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/118050/jason-lamm/" target="_new">Jason Lamm</a> represented the Defendant charged with Medicaid fraud. Rita Ntusa Anagho, 54, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, fraudulently billed Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy. Anagho owned and operated Tusa Integrated Clinic, LLC (Tusa), an addiction treatment center that fraudulently billed the Arizona

State of Arizona v. Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez Jr.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, felony assault involving bound or physically restrained individual, aggravated robbery, threatening and intimidating, criminal damage, hindering an investigation, and tampering with evidence. 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> Phoenix police officers Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Feli

United States of America v. Sonny Reyes Lozano

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon causing injury in violation of 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(3). 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 Dec. 14, 2025, Sonny Reyes Lozano, 38, of Tucson, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, confronted the victim as he was walking home. Lozano struck the victim approximately eight

State of Arizona v. Ryan and May Mullin

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendants charged with child abuse. 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> Ryan and May Mullins were seen walking in 108 degree heat with their children. The adults appeared to be intoxicate. A concerned citizens offered them a ride in an air conditioned car but the father refused and got angry. When officers arrived the father became com

United States of America v. Andre Anthony Miller

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1153. 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 February 18, 2024, on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (“CRIT”) Reservation, Andre Anthony Miller, 33, of Parker, Ariz., shot the victim, who was a former intimate partner, in front of the victim’s minor children. The

State of Arizona v. Marty Joseph Morales, Jr.

Safford, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with two counts of aggravated assault on a first responder. 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> Morales argues the trial court erred when it denied a motion to dismiss that argued he had been charged under the wrong version of the aggravated-assault statute. He argues that this defect in his charging document deprived hi

United States of America v. William Wilson

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiming a laser pointer at U.S. Air Force F-35 Fighter Jets. 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> William Wilson, 56, of Buckeye, Arizona, struck multiple United States Air Force F-35 jets training in the airspace around Luke Air Force Base with lasers between September 2024 and January 2025. On the night of January

United States of America v. Brooke McDonough

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement. 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> Brooke McDonough, formerly known as Brooke Taylor, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, served as the branch manager of a Mesa bank, a position that afforded her broad authority over branch operations, employee assignments, and cash audits. Between June 2021 and February 2022, M

State of Arizona v. Xzavion Michael Wayne Johnson

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. 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> Xzavion Michael Wayne Johnson, age 18, accused of killing David Jimernez, age 57, during a burglary. Officers found the decomposing body of Jimernez during a welfare check.

State of Arizona v. Freeman

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence, a class 4 felony. 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 April 21, 2019, around 2:00 a.m., an officer noticed a car drifting from side to side on the road. While observing the car, he noticed it drift into the bike lane twice for “about 100 feet” the first time and “

United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health Care Fraud. 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> Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpatient behavioral health clinic in Mesa, Arizona. They first defrauded AHCCCS by submitting a fraudulent application to

State of Arizona v. Connor Burgess

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of Organized Retail Theft, a Class Four Felony. Connor Burgess (DOB 12/1993), committed a series of retail thefts targeting sporting goods retailers across the valley, resulting in more than $26,000 in losses. In one incident, he stole seven golf clubs valued at more than $4,200 from a Dick’s Sporting Goods store. Investigators later linked him to six additional thefts at multiple PGA TOUR Supersto

United States of America v. Charles Lewis Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements. Reported by Kent Morlan Charles Lewis Davis, age 33, was accused of making false statements on his tax returns. Davis owns and operates Forever Investments LLC, a social media entity that posts videos involving Davis to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, among other social media platforms. The indictment alleges that Davis failed to report the full income he earned from that wo

State of Arizona v. Jonthan Marlon Truk

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Jonathan Turk, age 29, accused of killing his parents with a hammer. Turk said that he killed his parents because he was angry about being put on medication.

State of Arizona v. Bryan Eugene Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. Davis lived in an apartment next door to L.B. and J.B. (collectively, “the victims”). On the morning of June 25, 2022, L.B. began playing music, prompting Davis to bang repeatedly on their adjoining wall. The victims went to Davis’s door to confront him. Though the victims were unarmed, Davis stepped out of his apartment and stabbed each victim at least twice in the

United States of America v. Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona, qui tam lawyers represented the United States on a whistle blower claim. Tri-City Cardiology, P.C., and Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, Dr. Joshua D. Cohen, and Dr. M. Joshua Berkowitz were accused of violating the the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations “Paying for unnecessary medical procedures reduces federal programs’ capacity to pay for truly necessary procedures,” said Timothy Courchaine, United States Attorney for the District of Arizon

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder. To bring an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, a defendant must show both that counsel's performance was deficient and that the defendant was prejudiced as a result. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. A counsel's performance is deficient if it falls "below an objective standard of reasonableness." Id. at 688. "[A] court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls with

United States of America v. Aaron Aldric Thomas

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary in the first degree. After searching the record and finding no arguable, non-frivolous question of law, Thomas's counsel filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz. 297 (1969).

United States of America v. Mughith Faisal

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Mughith Faisal, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, enaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietary system that created and tracked transportation loads of Amazon products to increase the standard r

United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Thvoughn Lynden Curry, age 34, and Alexis Daneen Curry, age 34, were accused of ne count of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, three counts of Health Care Fraud, and eight counts of Transactional Money Laundering. the Currys defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpatient behavioral health clinic in Mesa, Arizona. They first defrauded AHCCCS by submitting a fraudule

The State of Arizona v. Jason Lee Cepeda

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with public sexual indecency to a minor, furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors, molestation of a child, and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor. In 2022, Cepeda committed crimes that involved oral, penile, vaginal, and masturbatory conduct with four children under the age of fifteen. After the events occurred, the children reported the crimes to their mothers. The police were informed of the crimes an

United States of America v. Termane Billy Celaya

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter. Termane Billy Celaya, 20, of McNary, Arizona, was seated in his pickup truck while he argued with the victim, who was his significant other, while she stood outside of the vehicle. During the argument, Celaya backed up the truck and drove it forward, running over and killing the victim. Celaya fled the scene in the vehicle and was later captured by police after leading them on a pursuit.

United States of America v. Peter Biar Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Conspiracy to Violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA). “From a suburb of our Nation’s capital, Peter Biar Ajak conspired to export U.S. weaponry to South Sudan, where he planned to lead a coup and install himself in power,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “Ajak discussed ways to conceal his conduct,

United States of America v. Derrick Callella

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been following along and watching TV. When he said that he sent text messages he was trying to see if the fa

United States of America v. Stacie Marie Narcho

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. On November 9, 2022, Stacie Marie Narcho, 47, of Sells, Arizona, knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. As a direct result of Narcho’s actions, the victim overdosed and later died. “This case is a stark reminder of the irreversible harm caused when adults expose children to dangerous

United States of America v. Ian William Moses

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with setting fire to a Tesla vehicle and a Tesla dealership in Mesa, Arizona, on April 28, 2025.

State of Arizona v. John Lathrop

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats and disorderly conduct. John Lathop, age 53, got into an argument with 2-year-old Jeremiah Bagby and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus, food court of a mall in Chandler. During the argument, Bagby and Bails-Barcchus pulled out gun that they pointed at Lathrop.

State of Arizona v. Jeremiah Bagby and Jalen Bails-Bacchus

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, concealing a deadly weapon posses JJeremiah Bagby age 22 and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus got into an argument with 53-year-old John Lathrop who tried to hit them. The responded by pulling guns that they pointed and Lathrop.

State of Arizona v. Joanna Chalup Cortez

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with aggravated assault and discharging a gun inside a home. Joanna Chalup Cortez, age 29, accused for discharging a firearm during a domestic dispute that hit her son who is expected to survive.

United States of America v. Kari Eugene Leslie

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with sexual abuse and kidnapping. Karl Eugene Leslie, 42, of Whiteriver, Arizona, is charged in a 15-count indictment, returned Dec. 23, 2025, with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. Leslie was an active law enforcement officer with the White Mountain Apa

Shawn Martin v. Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC, et a.l

Phoenix, Arizona, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a theory. AI Overview Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations involve employers failing to meet minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards, common examples including off-the-clock work, improper tip handling, misclassifying workers, and not paying correct overtime or minimum wages, leading to back pay awards, fines, and even criminal penalties for willful offenses. Common Types of FLSA Viol

Gaudencio Ramirez Lorenzo v. West Wind Logistics Incorporated, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence truck wreck claim.

State of Arizona v. Brandon Clifton Bryant

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with multiple felony charges including aggravated assault on a peace officer with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and armed robbery. Brandon Clifton Bryant, age 45, allegedly fired at an occupied apartment and then robbed the Walmart Neighborhood Market on East Broadway Boulevard. Bryant then shot at officers called to the Walmart.

United States of America v. Antonio James Collins, Jr.

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession oa ammunition.

United States of America v. Ana Marie Gastelum-Flores

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with importation of methamphetamine.

United States of America v. Andre Maurice Taylor

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.

United States of America v. Brandon Hyden

Prescott, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

United States of America v. Juan Baltazar Ramirez-Juarez

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with improper entry by an Alien.

United States of America v. Brooke McDonough

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by bank employee, six counts of transactional money laundering, and five counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements. Starting in June 2021, Brooke McDonough, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, stole cash from the ATM machines and vault inside the branch she managed. She then deposited most of the cash she stole into her personal bank accounts, using different ATMs at multip

State of Arizona v. Ian Mitcham

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Ian Mitcham was accused for killing Allison Feldman, age 33, who was beaten to death inside her home in 2015.

United States of America v. Domink Israel Lopez

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. In March 2020, a man, was found deceased in his apartment in Gilbert, Arizona. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be fentanyl toxicity. Law enforcement investigators were able to learn that the victim had contacted Lopez using a messaging app called Whisper. The victim obtained four fentanyl pills from Lopez for $40. The victim used just o

United States of America v. Shawntavia Maloney

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Russell Jones v. City of Tempe, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking reimbursement for attorney fees expended in an effort to obtain body-camera footage of his arrest.<br> <br> Jones was arrested by the Tempe Police Department in October 2023. In December, Jones submitted a public records request for, among other things, the arresting officers' body-worn camera ("BWC") footage. Tempe filed criminal charges against him three days later.<br> <br> Tempe processes public records requests for B

State of Arizona v. Gregory Hardy

Prescott, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, and six counts of disorderly conduct. <br>

State of Arizona v. Trint Kleinman

Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, a class 2 non-dangerous felony. <br>

State of Arizona v. Steven Peterson

Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.<br> <br> The jury found Peterson guilty as charged. The court sentenced him to a total of seven years' imprisonment with credit for 32 days of presentence incarceration and lifetime probation upon his release.<br> <br> Application for post-conviction relief denied.<br> <br> <br> Absent an abuse of discretion

Barbara Lopez Payan v. Caitlin A. Freshwater

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an unknown legal theory.<br> <br> In June 2023, Officer Freshwater approached Payan and her two dogs at a police station. After their encounter, Freshwater wrote in a police report that one of Payan's dogs needed "immediate medical attention." The report also stated that Payan "could not hold a conversation," her thoughts were "all over the place," and she was "delusional."<br> <br> Payan was subsequently involuntarily