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United States of America v. Joe Sidney Cross
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl in violation of 18 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> On May 13, 2025, Joe Sidney Cross, 44, of Huntington, West Virginia, sold approximately 3.5 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant for $220 in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Cross admitted that he arran
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Terry Pierce
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343. 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> Terry Pierce, 48, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme. BEC schemes are a sophisticated form of fraud in which perpetrators compromise legitimate business or personal email accounts. T
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kelvin Rydele Myles, also known as “D” and Kristina Renea Clark
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. 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 March 14, 2024, Kelvin Rydele Myles, also known as “D,” 49, of Charleston, sold approximately 2.9 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant while under a train trestle on Charleston’s West Side. As part of his guilty plea, M
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sebastian Andres Arquilla
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud with identification documents in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028. 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> Sebastian Andres Arquilla, 22, of Palmyra, Virginia, advertised, sold, and shipped fake identification documents, primarily “scannable” driver’s licenses, to underage customers around the country us
View VerdictLucust Hill Unit Owner's Association, Inc. v. Michael B. Wilber
Clarksburg, West Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the parties Michael B. Wilber owns Lot 407, located at 90 Sawgrass Drive within the Locust Hill subdivision, a common-interest community organized pursuant to the West Virginia Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act as codified in Chapter 36B of the West Virginia Code. As a property owner within the subdivision, Mr. Wilber is a member of respondent Locust Hill Unit Owner's Association, Inc. His property was conveyed subject to the
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cody Lee Smith
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making threats against the President. 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> Cody Lee Smith, 20, admitted to making threats to kill the President and to harm ICE agents. According to court statements, on January 17, 2026, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department reported that Smith had posted threats on soci
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Burke
Huntington, West Virginia, 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> James Burke, 56, of Greenup, Kentucky, was the financial secretary of a labor organization located in Huntington. Burke admitted that he issued nine unauthorized or altered checks payable to himself and improperly withheld portions of checks payable to the l
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christina Nolte
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of public money. 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> Christina Nolte, 42, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, fraudulently obtained disability to have $242,528 in federal student loans discharged. Nolte, a licensed physician assistant, falsified her medical records to file for and receive disability bene
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Karen Shea Radford
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money. 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> Karen Shea Radford, 47, of Princeton, executed a fraud scheme while an owner of Healthcare Therapy Services LLC (HCTS), doing business as Medical Massage Therapy in Princeton. Radford submitted false bills to the Civilian Health and Medical Pro
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Matthew Clemont
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. 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> Matthew Clemont, 33, of Wheeling, West Virginia, worked with others in a drug trafficking operation in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. Clemont was one of 13 distributors in the drug trafficking operation that spanned from Las Vegas,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. McCayla Myers
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting theft of government money. 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> McCayla Myers, 27, of Cabin Creek, engaged in a scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of $83,332.00 in COVID-19 relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, R
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jaquan Marquis Brock
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of the United States Postal Service to attempt to possess and distribute fentanyl. By Kent Morlan U.S. Postal Inspectors intercepted a package mailed to an apartment in Morgantown from an address in Scottsdale, Arizona. A search warrant for the package was executed and investigators found more than 1.6 pounds of fentanyl. The Postal Inspection Service worked with the Mon Metro Drug Task Force to d
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dennis Eugene West
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal discharge of pollutant. By Kent Morlan On August 24, 2022, Dennis Eugene West, age 58, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, was driving a tractor trailer in the northbound lane of the West Virginia Turnpike/Interstate 64-77 when he crashed while crossing Skitter Creek Bridge in Fayette County. Numerous totes containing alkyl dimethylamine that West was hauling ruptured as a result of the crash, a
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Darrell R. Sharp, II
Fayette County, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal application for registration to vote. Darrell R. Sharp, II, was charged with attempting to vote after conviction of a felony while on parole. He attempted to vote in the 2022 general election. The poll workers did not find his name on the list of eligible voters, so he submitted a provisional ballot which stated, “I, Darrell Sharp II, do solemnly swear or affirm under
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kelli Renee Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, identity theft, and bank fraud. Kelli Renee Miller, 43, of Richmond, Virginia, worked with Michael Vordjorbe to assume the identities of account holders without their knowledge or permission and withdrew funds from accounts at several banks, some in the Northern District of West Virginia. Miller and Vordjorbe deposited the illegally obtained money into another count to h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Graves
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements. On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves, 70, of Charlton Heights, West Virginia, filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income for 2016 was approximately $427,256.00. Graves further admitted that his false tax return resulted
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kelli Renee Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, and identity fraud. Kelli Renee Miller, 43, worked with Michael Vordjorbe to assume the identities of account holders without their knowledge or permission and withdrew funds from accounts at several banks, some in the Northern District of West Virginia. Miller and Vordjorbe deposited the illegally obtained money into another count to
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Graves
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statement. Michael Graves On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income for 2016 was approximately $427,256.00. Graves further admitted that his false tax return resulted in a tax loss to the Int
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gary Lee Hodges
Beckley, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. In 2021, Gary Lee Hodges connected online with “Alice,” who claimed to have an 11-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old daughter. The pair spoke at length about Hodges’s desire to engage in “family sexual relations.” J.A. 15. As it turns out, Alice and her two daughters were fictitious persons created by federal law enforcement officers in West Virginia. After Hodg
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ryan Rasheed Shaw
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug traffiking. Ryan Rasheed Shaw, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact in West Virginia for the operation led by Rodney Johnson in Philadelphia. Shaw was managing the drug business in Morgantown, supplying significant quantities of illicit drugs to local dealers. Shaw was responsible for nearly 3.2 kilograms of methamphetamine and 379 grams of fentanyl. Johnson, the leader of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Garner, aka "Jake"
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On January 17, 2025, James Garner, also known as “Jake,” 35, of Detroit, Michigan, sold approximately 50 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $350. As part of his guilty plea, Garner admitted that co-defendant Joshua Willie McCarver directed the confidential informant to a Baer Street residence in Huntington, where Garner sold the methamphetamine to t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brian Poling, Levi S. Weaver, and Leroy M. Miller
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. A federal indictment charges Brian Poling, 51, of Albright, West Virginia; Levi S. Weaver,74, of Fredericksburg, Ohio; and Leroy M. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio; with violations of the Lacey Act. As charged in the indictment, Poling, the manager of Dream Mountain Ranch in Preston County, West Virginia, conspired with Miller and Weaver, to illegally transport in
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Francis Combs
Beckley, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling fentanyl and felony possession of a firearm. Francis Combs, age 58, of Cool Ridge, sold a Bryco Arms model Jennings J-22 .22-caliber pistol to a confidential informant in Raleigh County. As part of his guilty plea, Combs admitted to conducting the transaction at his residence and after selling a quantity of fentanyl to the confidential informant at a gas station in Ghent. Combs also admitted to s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Todd M. Chapman
Huntington, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Todd M. Chapman, age 58, of Huntington, West Virginia embezzled at least $602,000 from a now-defunct Huntington law firm while its office manager.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gerald Henry, a/k/a “Unc,” “G,” and “G-ball,” a
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Gerald Henry, also known as “Unc,” “G,” and “G-ball,” age 41, was accused of possessing and distributing 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Henry transported large quantities of fentanyl to Hancock County, West Virginia to distribute to others for sale. Investigators seized more than 400 grams of fentanyl, a firearm, and ammunition from a search of Henry’s Weirton
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Kayla Six
Wellsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud in connection with an access device. Kayla Six, 31, was charged with felony offense of fraud in connection with an access device.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Justin Steven Boileau
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Justin Steven Boileau, 30, a former resident of Reston, Virginia, engaged in the exploitation of children. “While social media is a powerful tool for keeping us connected, it can also be a dangerous weapon criminals use to take advantage of our kids. In bringing justice for these victims, we ask all parents and guardians to stay engaged and know who your children are talkin
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington
Montrose, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington accused for shooting a man in a residence on Mule Hollow Road in Montrose.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brittaney Allura Hall
Martinsburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and fraud with identification documents. Brittaney Allura Hall, 36, was charged with one count of wire fraud. Hall was an office manager and accountant for a business in Martinsburg and had access to the company’s financial information and accounts. As part of her unlawful scheme, Hall conducted financial transactions that caused overpayments of payroll in reimbursements and commissions t
View VerdictDelbert Kevin Cordle v. Resurgent Capital Services, L.P. et al.
Charleston, West Virginia, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1970 that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer credit information. It promotes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information in consumer reporting agency files, allowing individuals to access, dispute, and correct their data. Key Aspects of the FCRA L
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christian Gale Biles
Charlesotn, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On March 4, 2024, Christian Gale Biles, 21, of Vienna, West Virginia, took possession of a package delivered to his residence by the United States Postal Service. As part of his guilty plea, Biles admitted that he knew the package contained methamphetamine in advance of his receiving it, that he took possession of the methamphetamine contained in the package, a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gerald Lee Young and Gerald Lee Young
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribut drugs.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Madison Grant Sergent
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth. On July 23, 2024, Madison Grant Sergent, 27, of Huntington, directed another individual to distribute approximately 24 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $180 in Huntington. As part of her plea agreement, Sergent admitted to arranging the transaction after the confidential informant contacted her seeking to buy methamphetamine. Co-defendant Rakai
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Jennie Davis
Williamson, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Following a jury trial held in February 1995, the petitioner was convicted of four counts of first-degree sexual assault[2] and four counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian.[3]The petitioner was sentenced to fifteen to thirty-five years of imprisonment for three of the four counts of first-degree sexual assault, to run concurrently; five to fifteen years of imprisonmen
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Martin King
Morgantown, West Virginia,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree robbery. On May 9, 2019, a Monongalia County Grand Jury indicted the petitioner on robbery in the second-degree. The petitioner was released from custody and absconded; the circuit court issued a capias warrant for his arrest. The petitioner was eventually apprehended, and, on May 16, 2022, he pled guilty to robbery in the second-degree. The court held a sentencing hearing on July 26, 2022.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Hetzon Marroquin Reyes
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer John Pizzo represented the Defendant charged with employing illegal aliens and tax fraud. Hetzon Maroquin Reyes, also known as “Hector,” age 41, was the owenr and operator of A&M Homes, LLC in Morgantown, West Virginia and hired and harbored illegal workers for his construction company. Reyes, a Guatemalan resident, in the United States on a temporary visa himself, created fraudulent documentation for the illegal workers to provide to the
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tracy Don Jackson
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl. On June 15, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a Charleston residence where they encountered Tracy Don Jackson Jr., 23, of St. Albans, sleeping on a couch in the living room. Officers found a quantity of a heroin-fentanyl mix and a Glock model G48 9mm pistol between the arm of the couch and the couch cushion underneath Jackson. As part of his guilty plea,
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Danile Lunn Wrights, Jr.
Rio, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Daniel Lum Wright Jr. accused of killing a woman and dumping her body in the woods. https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/west-virginia-man-arrested-for-allegedly-murdering-woman-and-dumping-her-body-in-2020/
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues Matsuoka Termin
Weston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and eluding. On Jan. 11, at around 10:02 p.m., troopers were patrolling in the area of East 3rd Street near the intersection of Brown Avenue in Weston when they saw a sedan driving at “an extremely high rate of speed” heading into Weston driven by Kyle Jitsuwo Ulysses Zercues Matsuoka Termin, from Colorado.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John Ladelle Puryear
Capbell, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, and cocaine base, also known as “crack.” On January 16, 2025, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at John Ladelle Puryear’s apartment in Huntington and seized approximately 299 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of fentanyl and 8 grams of crack, a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 9mm pistol, a Colt MK IV Series 80 .45-caliber pisto
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Maurice Kelly Johnson, aka “Reese"
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing the firearm and to providing it to co-defendant Earl Michael Myers, who conducted the transaction.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Avanibahen Patel
Beckley, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hiring illegals. Aakash Prakash Makwana, 30, a citizen of India unlawfully residing in Ronceverte, was employed at a Fairlea business owned and operated by Avanibahen Patel and her husband. Makwana assisted with running the daily business during the time period. Patel admitted that she and her husband agreed to hire Makwana knowing that he was living in the United States illegally after his immigration visa
View VerdictJules Gautier, et al. v. TAMS Management, Inc., et al.
Charleston, West Virginia, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on a WARN Act violation theory. The WARN Act “requires certain employers to provide notice to their employees of sudden, significant employment loss so that they [can] seek alternative employment and their communities [can] prepare for the economic disruption of a mass layoff.” Schmidt v. FCI Enters. LLC, 3 F.4th 95, 101 (4th Cir. 2021) (citation modified). The Act states: An employer shall not order
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Theodore Miller
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Between spring of 2022 and September 2024, Theodore Miller, age 36, of South Charleston, West Virginia, planned and carried out the fraud schemes. Miller used social media and presented himself as the “Wolf of West Virginia,” a wealthy, successful, and knowledgeable real estate mogul with enough money to travel the world whenever he wanted, as a way to get investors. Miller revealed as part
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Robert John Clancy
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Robert John Glancey, 63, of Philadelphia, who was using an Ohio man’s identity to try to steal money from banks.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Robinson-Brown
Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a leadership role in a drug trafficking operation in Monongalia County. law enforcement had received several complaints about suspected drug activity at an apartment complex in Morgantown. Investigators determined Robinson-Brown was transporting large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Detroit to Monongalia County, using local residents to then distribute the narcotics. Robinson-Brown ha
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso,” and Taylor Faith Walke
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso,” 29, of Charleston, obtained methamphetamine from co-conspirator Amanda Marie Mace and fentanyl from multiple sources and distributed both controlled substances in and around Charleston between June 2024 and May 2025. As part of his plea agreement, Wilborne admitted that he obta
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Jason Colt Jarrell
Glenville, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of brandishing,[2]three counts of assault,[3] one count of destruction of property, and one count of shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling.
View VerdictNelson Rigg, et al. v. Monore Darrow Eads, et al.
Hinton, West Virginia, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an easement dispute. On March 31, 2021, the Piggs acquired two parcels of property, an 11-acre parcel and what they understood to be an 80-acre parcel in Summers County from Thomas H. Walls, Jr. On November 30, 2021, the Eads acquired an abutting 106.45-acre parcel of land from the White family. In January 2023, at the Piggs' request, surveyor Jon Looney created a legal description for their 80-acre parcel, using,
View VerdictState of West Virginia v. Louis David Smith State of West Virginia v. Louis David Smith
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted robbery, attempted burglary, and third-offense domestic battery. Louis David Smith age 43, is accused of attempting to rob a woman.
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