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State of Wisconsin v. Jacob T. Anderson
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with homicide by use of a vehicle while having a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood. Jacob T. Anderson, was driving a work truck when he crossed over the centerline of a two-lane highway and collided with a car driven by Erin M. Schroeder. Schroeder was trapped in her car after the collision. She was not breathing and had no pulse by the time she was extricated from the vehicle.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Andrew Stanton
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer who was serving on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Andrew Stanton, age 38, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, posted a video to TikTok in which he stated, “We’re not getting through to them [politicians] with using our words. That’s never gonna happen. You have to use bullets.” In a separate video poste
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ashley Straub
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of mail or newspapers. Ashley Straub, 25, Onalaska, Wisconsin, worked as a mail carrier at the La Crosse Post Office. In February 2025, Straub opened numerous items of mail and stole $350 in cash and several gift cards. At the sentencing, Judge Boor noted that theft by mail carriers erodes trust in the United States Postal Service. In selecting an appropriate sentence, Judge Boor balanced Strau
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Morrell D. Johnson, a/k/a "Money"
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of children by force or coercion. Morrell D. Johnson (35), a.k.a. “Money,” a notorious human trafficker on Milwaukee’s south side, was also a drug trafficker who sold heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Johnson recruited addicted women to perform commercial sex acts, promising them housing, protection, and reliable access to the drugs upon which they were dependent. Johnson then used the wome
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dametri G. Horton
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession of a firearm. Dametri G. Horton, age 34, was found guilty of committing a commercial business armed robbery. The evidence established that on November 20, 2022, Horton entered a Walgreens in the City of Milwaukee, approached a cashier, brandished a firearm, and demanded money. When the cashier backed away in fear, Horton reached across th
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Akrystal Woods
Wheaton, Illinouis, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Akrystal Woods, 19, accused in connection with the killing of Obaidulla F. Shareef on Feb. 4 in Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois.
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Jorge Eleodoro Baez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense attorney represents the defendant charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Melissa Basilo Ruiz, 44, of Madison, accused of shooting and killing man on Primorse Lane.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandi Ellis
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Quinn represented the Defendant Brandi Ellis who is charged with bank fraud, larceny and theft, and fraud with identification documents. Brandi Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-profit’s bank accounts. The indictment also charges that Ellis used the non-profit’s credit cards
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cory Kromray
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Cory Kromray, age 39, Minocqua, Wisconsin, engaged in in investment fraud scheme that defrauded people out of $828,266.71. Kromray used social media and other online communications to falsely portray himself as a successful trader in stocks, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and the foreign currency exchange market (forex). Kromray also used social media to display his wealth all
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a "Goldi"
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a “Goldi” (age: 29), frequently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, where he purchased large quantities of fentanyl pills. Chambers then shipped the pills to various cities throughout the Midwest before distributing them in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area. On J
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Michael Joseph Gasper
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. ¶2 Gasper was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography1 and nine counts of child exploitation based upon the content on his cell phone.2 Law enforcement obtained a warrant for his cell phone after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) forwarded a CyberTipline report3 (which included a single, flagged, 16-second video) from Sna
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Juan Kennedy, Taylor Lucase and Samuel Spears
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes. Juan Kennedy, 61-year-old, 30-year-old Tylor Lucas and 48-year-old Samuel Spears were each charged with one count each of the same felony: using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The Defandants made their initial court appearances on Monday. Kennedy's bond was set at $2,000, while bond for Lucas and Spears was set at $5,000 each.
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Dashawn Conner
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of felony murder and a gun possession felony. Dashawn Conner, previously convicted and released from prison for armed robbery, is now charged after two people were shot and killed during an attempted robbery.
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Derrick Newton
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking. Derrick Newton, 55, charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, one felony count of taking and driving a vehicle without the owner's consent, one felony count of possession of a firearm as a felon, and one misdemeanor count of violating a harassment order.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marcos Gonzalez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Between December 2023 and June 2024, Gonzalez served as the leader of a conspiracy that trafficked more than thirty kilograms of cocaine from the southern border to Dane County, Wisconsin. As part of the conspiracy, Gonzalez arranged for the cocaine to be smuggled from Mexico into southeast Texas. From there, Gonzalez arranged for a courier to transport the cocaine to coconsp
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Stephen Hans Jenkins, a/k/a "BMO"
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of material constituting or containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a). Stephen Hans Jenkins, a.k.a. BMO, 40, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, was a long-time family friend of Minors A, B, and C. Eventually, Jenkins began sexually assaulting Minor A. One-night, Minor A was looking at Jenkins’s iPad and found explicit images of Minor B and Minor C. Minor A then reached out to family membe
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Troy Schaden
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with purchasing child abuse material (CSAM). Troy Schaden (age: 43), a nurse from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) from an individual in the United Kingdom. After reviewing electronic devices seized during the execution of a search warrant at Schaden’s home, law enforcement discovered that Schaden also distributed images of CSAM to users on an application called Teleguard betwe
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon M. Boogren
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and (e), which provides: (a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, with the intent that such minor en
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Donte Patterson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a machine gun to commit a carjacking. Donte Patterson (age 33), committed an armed carjacking in Chicago on August 20, 2025, and then traveled to Milwaukee where, on the following day, Patterson committed a second armed carjacking and then an armed robbery in West Milwaukee. During each of the carjackings and the armed robbery, Patterson brandished a firearm. At his sentencing hearing, Chief Distric
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jose Cardenas-Salcido
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with: 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846 and 18:2(a) - CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL (1) 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), 851, 18:2(a) - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (1s) 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and 18:2(a) - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (1ss) 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846 and
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Charles Dupriest
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eight counts of child neglect. Charles Dupriest, age 33, was charged with leaving his six children in a storage unit last year when he and their mother fell on financial hardships.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Francesco Anglin
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. In March 15, 2025, a Maple Bluff police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle fled and ultimately crashed in downtown Madison with the two occupants running from the scene. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded 9mm handgun. They also found Anglin’s cell phone with a lock screen photo of him pointing a black firearm at the cam
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Hector L. Duarte
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution. Hector L. Duarte (age 35) of Union Grove, Wisconsin, is alleged to have used force, threats of force, and fraud to cause an adult victim to engage in commercial sex acts between approximately May 31, 2025, and June 25, 2025, in the Eastern District of Wisconsin and Northern District of Illinois. If convicted of sex traff
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Tabithe Mabb
La Crosse, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson. Tabithe Mabb faces one felony count of arson of building without owner's consent as a party to a crime.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kendell Crosby
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ayesha Raymond
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of mail.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Randi L. Cook
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, coercing or enticing a minor for unlawful sexual activity, and production of child pornography. on December 23, 2025, Randi L. Cook (age: 24) of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was charged in a criminal complaint with interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, production of child pornography, and coercing or enticing a min
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alfredo Juarez-Perez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentering the United States illegally for ht third time. Following an indictment in October 2025 on a new illegal reentry charge, a magistrate judge ordered Juarez-Perez released, concluding that the immigration detainer precluded a finding that he presented a risk of flight in his criminal case. The district court revoked the release order and ordered Juarez-Perez detained, seeing the need for detention
View VerdictAidan Forsyth, er rel. United States of America v. Greenland LA Metropolis Hotel Development LLC, Greenland US Management LLC, and Greenland LA Metropolis Development III
Milwuakee, Wisconsin qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sue on a False Claims Act Violation theory. The Greenland USA Entities own and develop real estate projects and are part of a large multinational corporation ultimately owned by the Greenland Holding Group Company Limited, a Chinese company with tens of thousands of employees worldwide. In applying for their PPP loans, the Greenland USA Entities certified that they were eligible for the PPP. The United States alleges that
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Aquanis M. Williams a/k/a “Pirate”
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r distributing controlled substances. From January through May of 2025, Aquani M. Williams, aka Pirate, distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On May 29, 2025, agents searched Williams’ residence and seized three firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, approximately $4,500 cash, over 700 grams of methamphetamine, over 100 grams of cocaine, and 27 grams of fentanyl. Wil
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Hannah Dugan
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee state judge was accused of helping a man avoid arrest by ICE. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1071, the government must establish the following four essential elements: (1) a federal warrant has been issued for the fugitive's arrest; (2) the defendant had knowledge that a warrant had been issued for
View VerdictDanette Olson v. Warehouse Specialists, L.L.C.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act claim.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Adam A. Locke
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commercial by threat or violence.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mercedzes M. Hankins
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sperka Marek
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus/
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Zion L. Mather-Fox, Tony K. Caldwell, and Daequan D. Lewis
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Zion L. Mather-Fox, 18, Tony K. Caldwell, 17, and Daequan D. Lewis, 17, were apprehended after police said they pistol-whipped and robbed a woman.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kordarow Moore
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Kordarow Moore, age 36, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal limit. Moore was later arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Officers searched the car fo
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Greenland LA Metropolis Hotel Development LLC, Greenland US Management LLC, and Greenland LA Metropolis Development III
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for which they were not eligible. Congress created the PPP in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the PPP, eligible businesses could receive forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administra
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael O. Williams
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Michael Williams, age 44, manufactured and distributed kilogram quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and he also distributed pound quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana. Williams was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy that had established distribution hubs throughout the Midwestern United States, including Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, th
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kordarow Moore
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Moore was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal limit. Moore was later arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Officers searched the car following Moore’s arrest and found a loaded AK-47 s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Darryl D. Smith
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Smith, a former girlfriend, and her children were temporarily residing at a shelter on the reservation when Smith and his former girlfriend began arguing. Smith punched the woman in the nose, causing fractures and displacement to nasal bones and significant pain. The woman received medical treatment for her injuries. In sentencing the defendant, Senior Judge Grie
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Justin Kagerbauer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to travel in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. 18 U.S. Code § 2423 - Transportation of minors (a) Transportation With Intent To Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.— A person who knowingly transports an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any commonwealth, territory or possession of the Unit
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Morgan Geyser
Waukesha, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attemped second-degree homicide.<br> <br> On May 31, 2014, twelve-year-old Morgan Geyser, with the aid of twelve-year-oldAnissa Weier, repeatedly stabbed her friend, the twelve-year-old victim in this case. Geyser's attack brought the victim to the brink of death, but she very fortunately survived. As aresult of the attack, Geyser and Weier were charged in adultcourt with attempted first-degree i
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18<br> U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.<br> <br> In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative or a relative's attorney in need of bail money. The callers said that the relative had been arreste
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Jeffrey Rupnow
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death.<br> <br> Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, the father of Natalie "Samantha” Rupnow who shot and killed two people at Abundant Life Christian School.<br> <br> Authorities claim that the Defendant wrongfully gave his daughter access to the gun.
View VerdictState of Wisconsin v. Clay Schueffner
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, a Class G felony.<br> <br> Clay Schueffner, 26, of St. Cloud, hit and killed a retired Wauwatosa priest who struck by a pickup truck driven by Schueffner as he crossed a Wauwatosa street on February 9, 2024.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cherie Campion
Green Bay, W criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of money laundering.<br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on September 29, 2025, Cherie Campion (age: 64) of Mishicot, Wisconsin, pled guilty to two counts of money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). <br> <br> Publicly filed documents reflect that Campion, through her temporary staffing agency based in Manitowoc, generated and subm
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cherie Campion
Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of money laundering.<br> <br> Cherie Campion (age: 64) of Mishicot, Wisconsin, pled guilty to two counts of money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). <br> <br> Campion, through her temporary staffing agency based in Manitowoc, generated and submitted thousands of fraudulent invoices, causing respective losses of $5,000,000 and $5,389,371.51 for the two companie
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cherie Campion
Green Bay, WI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering <br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on September 29, 2025, Cherie Campion (age: 64) of Mishicot, Wisconsin, pled guilty to two counts of money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). <br> <br> Publicly filed documents reflect that Campion, through her temporary staffing agency based in Manitowoc, generated a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jason J. Evans
Milwaukee, WI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.<br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on September 25, 2025, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach sentenced Jason J. Evans (age: 42), formerly of Appleton, Wisconsin, to 120 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. <br> <br> Acco
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