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State of Missouri v. Gerald L. Smith, Jr.
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, section 566.062[2] (Count 1), one count of first-degree assault, section 565.050 (Count 2), and one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, section 568.045 (Count 3). Digested 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>
View VerdictUnited States of America .v Jordan A. Porter
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography over the Internet - 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1) and possession of child pornography - 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2). Digested 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> Jordan A. Porter, 23, has been connected to Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups similar to the group �
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Laneka Holmes
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money. Digested 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> Laneka Holmes, 45, of Florissant, admitted that the death of a relative on May 23, 2017, was not reported to the Social Security Administration, as required. The relative’s Social Security payments were being deposited into an account held jointly
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Melvin Scherrer
Bonne Terre, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. 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> In December 2012, Victim attended Movant's multi-day "tattoo party." At some point during the party, Movant believed Victim had a gun and planned to "rob and kill" him. Due to this belief, Movant hit Victim multiple times with a baseball bat and taped his
View VerdictAllison Renae Bomar v. Anthony Scott Bomar
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case. 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> Husband and Wife were married in 2002. During their marriage, Husband and Wife had two children; one is unemancipated. Husband and Wife separated in 2020. Wife filed a petition for dissolution in 2023 and Husband filed a counter-petition. Both Husband and Wife filed stat
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Vinol Wilson
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting animals for use in a dog fighting venture and unlawful transportation of a firearm. 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> Vinol Wilson, age 52, ran a dog fighting operation. He invited several others to participate in a multi-card dog fighting event known as “Mayhem Madness 2025” to be held at hi
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Haeder Jameel
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involved in a drug conspiracy that caused one fatal and one nonfatal overdose. 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> Haeder Jameel, 23, was one of three men charged in the case. He and Zaki Salman, 23, pleaded guilty to one of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Steven A. Hilgedick
Waynesville, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree burglary in violation of 569.170 and violating an order of protection. 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> Defendant and Victim were in a romantic relationship for several years before the events of this case. On August 12, 2024, Defendant and Victim were living together when she applied for an
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Danny Wei Cheng
Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with harboring illegal aliens. 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> Danny Wei Cheng, 46, housed multiple illegal aliens in a residential home owned by Cheng in Jefferson City. The residence was divided into at least eight rooms using plywood and other materials. The City of Jefferson City has since condemned the h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sharon Dolisis
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire 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> Sharon Dolisi, 79, moved more than $1.9 million in proceeds of the fraud through her accounts. She deposited cashier’s checks and personal checks from 28 victims into her personal bank accounts from about April 21, 2023,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Quincy E. Richards
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm. 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> Quincy E. Richards, 38, of Joplin, Missouri, consented to a search of his vehicle. During the search, officers found a black backpack in the trunk of his vehicle that contained a tan and black Palmetto State Armory 9mm sem
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gary D. Holcomb, II
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. 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> Gary D. Holcomb II, 38, of Odessa, admitted during the early morning hours on Sept. 30, 2025, he and his co-defendant, were in an alley behind a residence in Kansas City, Mo. Holcomb admitted they both possessed semi-automatic AR style rifl
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rodrick Miller
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felony in possession of a firearm. 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> Rodrick Miller and his girlfriend cleaned an Anderson Manufacturing, AM-15 semiautomatic pistol and left it unattended on a couch in the girlfriend’s Wellston home. After the girlfriend’s son was shot in the calf, she and Miller to
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Blake Garrett Marshall
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to break into a house and eluding law enforcement. 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> Blake Garrett Marshall, of Camden Point, Missouri, was accused of attempting to force his way into a home.
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Shannon Roanne Ward
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance pursuant to section 579.015. 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>
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Timothy Patrick O'Brien
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of child molestation in the first-degree. 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> The State charged O’Brien with three counts of the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of the class A felony of first-degree child molestation, one count of the unclassified felony of first
View VerdictCindy Sehorn v. Richard L. Mitchell
Harrisonville, Missouri, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim. 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> Cindy Sehorn sued Levi Mitchell and Richard Mitchell1 in the Circuit Court of Cass County claiming that they wrongfully caused the death of her daughter, Sara Beth Maloney. The petition alleged that Levi wrongfully caused Maloney’s death under a battery th
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Om Amarkumar Patel
Platte City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter and DUI. 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> Om Amarkumar Patel, age 18, charged with driving at over 100 mph and causing an accident that killed a passenger in his car. Patel told a deputy at the scene “I drove and killed her.”
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Makaila Ann Marie Konomos
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. 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> Makaila Ann Marie Konomos accused of stabbing her mother to death.
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Ralph Jones, Jr.
Maryville, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree kidnapping and child kidnapping. 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> Ralph Jones, Jr., age 47, Jones, who is not a biological parent or relative to two child, failed to follow a court order to turn the children over to the Nodaway County Children’s Division. A FLOCK surveillance camera read the l
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Stacia Wilson
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 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> Stacia Sue Wilson pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. Wilson admitted that, while she was employed as a vice president of St. Clair County State Bank in Osceola, she defrauded the bank by creating false and fictitious loans utilizing the stolen identity in
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Trahan
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. 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> Joseph Trahan, age 62, admitted that in August of 2025, he was on supervised release and residing at a halfway house. After learning that Trahan had an unauthorized electronic device and had been viewing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), Tra
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Basil Jacob Kyles
Jefferson City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the the Defendant charged with bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Reported by <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/about" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Basil Jacob Kyles, 71, allegedly entered a bank in downtown Columbia, Mo., when he brandished a firearm and demanded that the teller give him money. The teller emptied her cash drawer that co
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Danny L. Nickelson Jr.
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay 10 years of employment taxes totaling $774,081. Reported by <a href="http://www.kentmorlan.com" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Danny L. Nickelson Jr., 54, a Jefferson County businessman, owned General Physiotherapy, a manufacturer and distributor of massage and percussion devices used in medicine and physical therapy. For tax years 2013 through 2022, Nickelson withheld Social Security and Me
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tiara McGill Rushing
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling U.S. Mail. By Kent Morlan Tiara McGill-Rushing, 34, of Kansas City, Missouri, embezzled at least 70 individual letters with the intent to convert gift cards found in the letters to her own use. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas P. Heberle. It was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Jada Bell
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree assult, and three counts of armed criminal action. By Kent Morlan Jada Bell shot and killed Chauncia Meekins, 32, the drive-thru worker at a Steak N' Shake during a spat over her order.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dara S. O'Connor
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession of a destructive device. By Kent Morlan Dara S O'Connor, age 30, attempted to destroy by fire a warehouse located on Botts Road in Kansas City, Mo. Prior media reporting had indicated that the federal government attempted to purchase the warehouse. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) wanted to utilize the real estate to house illegal aliens during the adjudication of their removal
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jairell Allmon
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. By Kent Morlan Jairell Allmon, a convicted felony, shot at his ex-girlfriend after spending the night in her car, which was parked outside her house in Jennings. The victim told police that Allmon made threats against her and her children throughout the night, and in the morning threatened to shoot her if she tried to get in her car. He fired a shot at her but missed. When St
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cymone McClellan
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s second-in-command at S.O.L.R. and aided in the scheme. At the start of McClellan’s enrollment w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, and illegal prescribing of controlled substances. Dr. Jonathan Wayne Morris, 46, was indicted with 15 counts of illegal prescribing of controlled substances and 23 counts of health care fraud. Dr. Morris has owned Columbia Urgent Care since at least 2019. From at least May 1, 2019, through April 8, 2025, Dr. Morris caused Medicare and Medicaid to be billed for medical services as if they had
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Rafael M. Armstrong
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felonies, including second degree murder. On August 15, 2018, Armstrong was charged with seven felonies for events that occurred on June 9, 2018, and with three felonies for events that occurred on August 10, 2018. On February 28, 2019, Armstrong was charged as a prior and persistent offender with three felonies, including first degree murder, for events that occurred on August 5, 2018, and which w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher W. Abrams
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On Feb. 10, 2024, officers were called to the area of Independence Avenue and Van Brunt Boulevard regarding a possible armed robbery. Upon arrival, officers encountered Christopher W. Abrams, 52. During a frisk of Abrams, officers located a sawed off, Winchester, Model 37, 12-gauge, single-shot shotgun inside the front waistline of his jeans. The shotgun’s stock had b
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Thomas Kinworthy
At trial, Kinworthy did not deny he committed the charged crimes. Rather, he asserted he was not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect (“NGRI”) because he had schizoaffective disorder and was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time of the shootings. Both Kinworthy and the State presented evidence regarding his mental health.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Raymond Porter, Jr.
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer David Bryant represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Raymond Porter Jr., 64, of St. Louis, was indicted with 28 felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and four counts of money laundering. David Holmon, 54, of Olivette, was indicted on conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 10 counts of wire fr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dwayne D. Adams
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Dwayne D. Adams, 33, conspired with others to defraud United States military service men and women through the use of social media. Adams is the third and final defendant to be sentenced for his role in defrauding active service members of the United States military. According to court documents, Adams conspired with others to cont
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Craig A. Spiegel
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with prescribing pain pills and other controlled substances in exchange for sex acts, nude photos or cash. Craig A. Spiegel, now 70, exploited his position to obtain cash, sexual acts or sexual photographs from at least 19 patients, many of whom he began treating as children. Spiegel illegally distributed an “astronomical amount of drugs. Rather than referring patients with a substance use disorder to treatment,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Zyair J. Taylor
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a stolen Taurus 9mm handgun. On May 21, 2025, officers conducted surveillance of a residence in the 400 block of Lawn Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., to arrest Taylor for his outstanding warrants. When Zyair J. Taylor, 24, exited the residence and saw officers, he fled on foot. During the foot chase, Taylor retrieved from his jacket a black handgun with a large drum magazine. Despite comma
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Connie Bobo
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Connie Bobo, 46, was executive director of New Heights Community Resource Center at the time, which accepted money to provide meals to low-income, school-age children after school and during the summer. “Connie Bobo’s trial clearly showed that this was the largest public assistance and pandemic fraud in state history,” said U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus. “Hungry children were turned away when
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Bradley Garrison
Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Angela Kay Furtado
Ozark, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest. On October 31, 2023, K.S. and Victim were at Victim’s home where K.S. was doing some chores for Victim because K.S. owed Victim money. The two had drank alcohol and Victim did not want to take K.S. home, so K.S. stayed the night in Victim’s guestroom. In the early morning hours of November 1, 2023, around 4:45 a.m., Victim hear
View VerdictDavid Matusik v. Lake Ozark Fire Protection District
Jefferson City, Missouri, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an employment case. A disciplinary proceeding was initiated against David Matusik, an employee of the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District (the District). Following a hearing, the Lake Ozark Fire Protection District Board of Directors (the Board) terminated Matusik’s employment. Matusik filed a petition for judicial review pursuant to 536.1001 in the Cole County Circuit Court (circuit court). The circuit court r
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marcus J. Porras
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On April 13, 2025, officers of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department were dispatched to the area of Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard to meet private security officers who had detained Marcus J. Porras, 32, for fighting. A security officer reported he was flagged down by patrons of the entertainment district regarding a fight inside an establishment with
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Stephen Andrew Eagleton
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree assault. After a verbal altercation with the victim (Victim) at a restaurant and bar, Eagleton struck him in the face, resulting in serious injuries. Eagleton was subsequently charged with second-degree assault * * * In point one on appeal, Eagleton alleges the trial court erred in denying his peremptory strike of Juror No. 29, an African-American female, on the basis of Batson. He cla
View VerdictKyle Wagner v. Tammy Wagner
Linn, Missouri family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Husband and Wife married in 2002 and separated in 2024. There were two children born of the marriage. During their long marriage, Husband and Wife accumulated a considerable amount of marital property. At trial, Husband submitted his First Amended Statement of Marital and Non-Marital Property and Liabilities (Husband’s statement of property), which the trial court admitted as Exhibit 28. Husband’s statement o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and health care fraud. From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, 48, played a central role in a massive telemarketing scheme that billed Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Overseas call centers collected Medicare information from unsuspecting elderly patients. Doctors, including Dr. Roethle, signed fraudulent orthotic brace prescriptions without evaluating patients or their act
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Gino McKinnie
Ozark, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony.
View VerdictState of Missouri v. Cory Mincks
Bolivar, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Cory Lee Minck, with Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana/Synthetic Cannabinoid.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marshall Lampkin
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Marshall Lampkin, 36, carried out his scheme by first using Kohl’s Cash to purchase merchandise in a Kohl’s store, generally for more than $1,000. He would then immediately use the same Kohl’s Cash to order merchandise online, knowing that the in-person transaction had not yet registered. Lampkin returned the items he bought in the store for Kohl’s Cash so he could repeat his scam. Lampkin
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Duke A. Yates
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms and interferenced with commerce by threat or violence. Duke A. Yates, 37, robbed a Quik Trip and a Walgreen’s, both in Independence, at gunpoint within 10 minutes of each other at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2023. Yates stole a total of between $500 and $700 in cash and a dozen packs of cigarettes from the stores. A police officer spotted Yates driving a white Ford F350 p
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kal J. Nay
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling drug and possessing a machine gun. On Oct. 9, 2025, Nay pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession of machine guns. Between May 2, 2024, and June 11, 2024, the Jackson County Drug Task Force utilized a Confidential Informant to purchase “M30” pills, which contained fentanyl, from Nay and Turnage. The Confidential Informant purchased 10 pills from Nay on May 2, 40 pills
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