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United States of America v. Terrence Davis

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribut fentanyl and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841. Terrence Davis, age 42, sold fentanyl and crack cocaine from a hotel in Branford. On October 15, 2025, investigators made a controlled purchase of narcotics from Davis. On October 17, 2025, a court-authorized search of Davis’ hotel room revealed nearly 700 grams of cocaine, more than 70 grams of fentanyl, drug packa

United States of America v. Ryan Fields

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering by selling misbranded and unapproved prescription drugs. From September 2021 to June 2023, Ryan Fields, age 52, and Lisa Mahan, who formerly resided in Glastonbury, Connecticut, operated two websites, pinnedaminos.com and projectaminos.com, as well as a private Facebook group called Pinned Aminos, through which they illegal

Shawna Zito-Hannan v. Electric Boat Corporation

New London, Connecticut workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for the death of her deceased husband. Shawna Zito-Hannan, the surviving spouse of the deceased employee, Michael Joseph Hannan (decedent), who was employed by the defendant, Electric Boat Corporation and sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 et seq. The plaintiff claimed that the decedent sustained work induced stress that was a contributin

United States of America v. Heather Murdock

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and tax evasion. 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> Heather Murdock, age 58, of Ellington, Connecticut, was employed as the bookkeeper and office manager at a Hartford law firm, identified in court documents as “Firm A.” Between approximately 2010 and 2022, using Firm A’s bookkeeping software

Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson v. City of New Haven, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut, justice went to hell when Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson were wrongfully convicted of murder and were sentenced to prison. Personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Vernon Horn and Marquis Jackson were accused, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to “On January 24, 1999, at approximately 3:30 a.m., [the petitioner] and [Vernon] Horn, along with Steven Brown, entered the Dixwe

United States of America v. Julio Cesar Fernandez-Salazar

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the U.S. as a removed alien. 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> Julio Cesar Fernandez-Salazar, age 45, a citizen of Mexico, has used numerous aliases, including Julio Fernandez, Julio Cesar Salazar, J. Cesar Fernandez-Salazar, Paulo Cesar Salazar, Alejandro Lugo, Jorge Ortigoza, and Juli

United States of America v. Kuttino Jamal Scott

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank 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> Kuttino Jamal Scott, age 24, of Miami, Florida, engaged in a scheme using electronic payment systems. Typically, through this scheme, a victim receives a fraudulent text message, purporting to be from the victim’s bank, asking the victim

United States of America v. Fernando Toribio, aka “Fernando Toribio-Balbuena”

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with comspiracy to posses with intent to distribute and to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846. 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> FERNANDO TORIBIO, also known as “Fernando Toribio-Balbuena,” 32, of Waterbury, agreed to become a cooperating source with the Drug Enforcement Administr

United States of America v. Tulio Nunez

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing mail. By Kent Morlan On October 2, 2023, Tulio Nunez, age 25, of the Bronx, New York, drove to Campbell Avenue in West Haven and parked in front of a postal collection box. Nunez’s associate then exited the vehicle, opened the service door of the collection box using a counterfeit postal arrow key, removed a basket filled with mail, and placed it in the passenger seat of the vehicle. Law en

United States of America v. Michele Rene Muzyka

New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute, Distribution of, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances. by <a href="http://www.kentmorlan.com" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Law enforcement began investigating Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), after pharmacists in New Britain and Middletown made complaints that Muzyka was prescribing high doses of be

United States of America v. Kelijah Richardson, a/k/a "KeKe," "Keek," and "Lijh," and Anibal Riberts, a/k/a “Go,” “Greenlight Go,” and “greenlightgo.1”

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery. Kelijah Richardson, also known as “KeKe,” “Keek,” and “Lijh,” 28, who was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on March 9, 2026, appeared today in Bridgeport federal court and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge. He is released on a $250,000 bond. Anibal Rivera , also known as “Go,” “Greenlight Go,” and “greenlightgo.1,” 27, of Bridgeport, has been detained

State of Connecticut v. Karl Jacobson

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with larceny. Former New Haven Police Chief Karl R. Jacobson, age 56, allegedly took money from office accounts to pay gambling debts.

United States of America v. Harold Sterling

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base. Harold Sterling, age 33, of Hartford, Connecticut and Isaias Ramos, age 31, were stopped by Border Patrol agents who suspected the vehicle to be involved in potential human smuggling across the Canadian border into the United States. When the Border Patrol agent activated his lights to initiate a stop, the vehicle sped away. As the vehic

United States of America v. John Muriuku Wamuigah

New Have, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. John Muriuku Wamuigah, age 36, a citizen of Kenya, participated in a business email compromise scheme masterminded by his co-conspirator, Okechuckwu Valentine Osuji, a Nigerian national. Osuji and his co-conspirators targeted specific individuals and businesses by masquerading as trustworthy entities in electronic communications to obtain money. They used unwitting and witt

United States of America v. Javon Morse

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. On December 13, 2017, Javon Morse was sentenced in Bridgeport federal court to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine. He was released from prison in January 2021. On October 14, 2024, while on federal supervised release, Morse fled from Norwich Police during a traffic stop. Aft

United States of America v. Otilio Green

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Between January and March 2025, Synchronoss, a cloud storage provider for Verizon Wireless, submitted eight CyberTipline reports documenting 43 images and five videos of suspected child pornography uploaded to an account associated with Green. A subsequent court-authorized search of Otilio Green’s cloud storage account revealed an additional images and videos of suspected

United States of America v. Christopher Santiago-Rosado

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. In 2024, the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and Bridgeport Police Department investigated an open-air drug market that was operating in the area of Noble Avenue and Shelton Street in Bridgeport. Between March and September 2024, investigators made 11 controlled purchases of narcotics from various sellers. The investiga

United States of America v. Hamilton Clark Smith

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening a federal law enforcement officer. Hamilton Clark Smith, age 61, of Milford, sent a series of threatening text messages to a Deputy U.S. Marshal, including threats to harm and kill the Deputy U.S. Marshal, and to harm the Deputy U.S. Marshal’s family. Smith was arrested on January 12, 2023, and was detained until February 16, 2023, when he was released on bond. On April 22, 2024, he plead

United States of America v. Marc Anthony Alexander

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In 2022, a business known as “Traveling Graces, LLC” was registered with the State of Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its registered agent and “Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander,” formerly of Milford, Connecticut, as its manager. Between July 2023 and December 2023, Alexander and Ham misrepresented to a Connecticut resident (the “victim”), wh

State of Vermont v. Ryan Palmer

River Junction, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with 12 counts of soliciting prostitution and other sex crimes. Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer is charged with 12 counts after state troopers received tips about Palmer’s alleged sexual misconduct when investigating his office’s finances.

United States of America v. Carlos Egerto Jimenez-Tun

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry by a removed alien. Carlos Egberto-Jimenez, 28, a citizen of Guatemala, reentered by the United States after being removed in 2019. Jimenez was arrested in Bridgeport by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations following his release from state custody. U.S. Attorney Sullivan stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations and a def

State of Connecticut v. Isiah Falconer

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Isiah Falconer accused of shooting at a juvenile from whom is was going to buy a watch he found for sale on the Internet. When the sale wasn't going through an electronic app, Falconer pulled out a gun, which led to a struggle and the 18-year-old firing off several shots, Murgo said in the release.

United States of America v. Victoria Kates

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud involving unemployment insurance and wire faud regarding PPP loan. From March 2020 through May 2021, Victoria Kates, age 35, of New Britain, defrauded the CT-DOL of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the CT-DOL on behalf of her family, acquaintances, and others. Kates prepared and submitted the original applications and, in certain instances, submitted required weekly recert

State of Connecticut v. Edward Casigne

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defendant lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carrying a Pistol without a Permit, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 29-35(a)(1), Weapon in a Motor Vehicle, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 29-38(a), Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53-202w(c)(1), and Criminal Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-271(a)(1)(A). Evidence at trial

State of Connecticut v. Frankie Dejesus

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with murder. Frankie DeJesus, age 28, of Waterbury, with murder for killing William Beltran in Waterbury in 2022. The evidence presented at trial consisted of an eyewitness who placed DeJesus at the scene of the murder with a motive, as well as surveillance cameras, cell phone evidence, and ballistic comparisons that were used to establish the defendant’s guilt. At sentencing, multiple members of Belt

State of Connecticut v. John Doe

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents a 13-year-old boy who is charged with killing Kaiden Phillips, age 15.

United States of America v. Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation. An April 29, 2025, the Stamford Police Department secured an arrest warrant charging Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia, age 21, a citizen of Ecuador residing in West Haven, with felony risk of injury and interfering with an officer. Tenesaca Mejia subsequently fled Connecticut with a 14-year-old girl (the “minor victim”). On October 28, 2025, the FBI in New Haven contacted the FBI in Minn

Nathaniel Silva, et al. v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wage and hour act violation theory. Two commercial truck drivers worked for a baked goods company as W-2 employees through a staffing agency. As a condition of continued work, the company required them to create corporations and execute distributor agreements in their capacities as presidents of the new corporate entities. The agreements contained mandatory arbitration clauses. The drivers filed

United States of America v. Analia Montzoures

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paid her employees in cash, did not report their wages to the state or federal government, did not file required IRS forms related to her employees, did not issue W-2 forms, did not withhold employee taxes as required, and did not pay federal employment taxes and withholding. Mountzoures operated Mountzoures Cleaning, a business with approximately 10 employees that provided cleaning services to more than

State of Connecticut v. Santos Vasquez Ramirez

Danbury, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with second-degree murder. Santos Vasquez Ramirez, 28, of Pawling, New York, was accused with killing Elias "Aurelio" Zhunio-Orbez. The family of Elias "Aurelio" Zhunio-Orbez described the 66-year-old homicide victim, a devout Mormon and taxi driver from Danbury, as "joyful" and "compassionate."

United States of America v. Vincenzo Minutolo

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds. Nn March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES Act was the authorization of forgivable loans to small businesses for job retention and certain other

State of Connecticut v. Barry Evans

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendan tchared with DUI.

United States of America v. Tyssan Woods

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer, carjacking, possession of a machine gun, and motor vehicle theft.

Jacqueline Harris v. Amazon.com Services LLC

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.

Eric Erickson v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. employee benefits.

United States of America v. Emmanuel Gonzalez

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> Federal conspiracy to distribute controlled substances is a serious criminal charge under<br> 21 U.S.C. § 846 that targets an agreement between two or more individuals to violate federal drug laws, such as manufacturing or distributing illegal drugs. The core crime is the agreement itself, meaning a person can be convicted even if no drugs were

Wilbert Rivera v. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company doing business as M&T Bank Corporation

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a <br> Family & Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that offers eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually for certain family and medical situations, along with continued group health benefits. The FMLA applies to public agencies, schools, and private employers meeting specific employee thresholds. To be

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> murde.<br> <br> Sergio Thomas, 39, of New Haven, was accused of shooting and killing 26-year-old Daiquan Hyman of East Haven and 32-year-old Ernest Williams of New Haven.

United States of America v. Kevin Barco

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm.<br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition

Veronica-May Clark v. Gerald Valletta, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a deliberate indifference constitutional violation.<br> <br> Plaintiff Veronica-May Clark is a transgender inmate in the Connecticut prison system claiming that corrections officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide certain treatments for gender dysphoria, including stronger hormone therapy and a vaginoplasty. The district court denied defendants' motion for summary judgement, finding that Defendants viol

United States of America v. Kevin J. Barko

New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sentenced today to federal prison.<br> <br> A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <br> On April 24, 2025, Barco possessed a Springfield Armory XD .40 caliber handgun with an obliterated serial number and a high-capacity magazine loaded with 1

United States of America v. Kevin Barco

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <br> A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon..<br> <br> The indictment was returned on September 3, 2025. Barco appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria E. Garcia in New Haven and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge

United States of America v. Yesenia Melendez Rincon

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Nationwide Jewelry Theft Ring <br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that YESENIA MELENDEZ RINCON, 41, a citizen of Colombia last residing in Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment for her involvement in an organized jewelry theft ring that targeted mall-based stores and kio

United States of America v. Martin Onofre-Mendez

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine<br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARTIN ONOFRE-MENDEZ, 50, a citizen of Mexico last residing in New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a cocaine trafficking offense.<br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2024, the DEA New Haven District Office Tas

United States of America v. Joshua “Lor Heavy” Gilbert

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with narcotics trafficking, murder, and other acts of violence. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> JOSHUA GILBERT, also known as "Lor Heavy,” 24, o

United States of America v. Habroon Habib

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Durable Medical Equipment </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Middletown Resident Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Durable Medical Equipment</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States A

United States of America v. Kierra Blount

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Checks from Mail, Role in Bank Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Postal Employee Admits Stealing Checks from Mail, Role in Bank Fraud Scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the Distric

United States of America v. Christian Andres Tejada Segura

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fentanyl trafficking offense. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Drug Courier Arrested in Orange Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> CHRISTIAN ANDRES TEJADA SEGURA, 26, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in West Hazelton, Pen

United States of America v. Genco Lab, Llc, Paul Conroy, Tricia Conroy, Charles Orefice

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with False Claims Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Connecticut Lab, its Owners and Officers, to Pay More Than $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> GENCO LAB, LLC and its owners and officers, PAUL CONROY, TRICIA

United States of America v. Brandon C. Tyson

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Drug and Firearm Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Bloomfield Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Bryan DiGirolamo, Actin