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State of Colorado v. Tina Marie Peters
Grand Junction, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with Colorado's Secretary of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kylear Williams
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. We must decide whether the Fourth Amendment permitted a protective sweep of a car after the driver was arrested and handcuffed. Everyone agrees that the police developed reasonable suspicion that the driver was armed and dangerous. But with the arrest, any safety risks that the driver posed to the officers ended. Still, the police conducted a protective sweep of
View VerdictCorey Curtis Forbes v. Best Buy Co.;, Inc.
Denver, Colorado, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory. The plaintiff is Mr. Corey Forbes, who worked for Best Buy Co., Inc. Best Buy had separate policies for attendance and Covid-19. Before Covid-19 struck, the attendance policy required employees unable to work to notify management at least one hour before their shifts. Employees would get fired if they missed three straight days without giving notice. Best Buy changed some of its atte
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Derrick Jones
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacturing of and possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, a Schedule I controlled substance, within 1,000 feet of a playground. Derrick Jones, age 44, of Arvada, Colorado, purchased precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of alpha-PVP and had them shipped to himself at several addresses across Colorado and Utah. The indictment also alleges th
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Adepoju Babtunde Salako
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer Michael Becker represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Adepoju Babtunde Salako, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was part of a conspiracy that stole more than $5 million in funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, and 30 state unemployment programs through several complex schemes. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government launched the PPP and
View VerdictThe People of the State of Colorado v. Nathan Allan Casias
Golden, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of unlawful sexual contact. Casias’ cousin, N.P., and his stepsister, R.E., accused him of engaging in unwanted sexual contact with each of them on separate occasions. N.P. reported one incident that occurred in September 2018 when she and Casias were roommates sharing an apartment. According to N.P., while she and Casias were watching TV after a party, he got into bed behind her, repeat
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jean Torres-Roman and Newman Castillo Delgado
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with committing a Hobbs Act Robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. 18 U.S. Code § 1951 - Interference with commerce by threats or violence (a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any pers
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Yvonne “Missy” Woods
Golden, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with mishandling of DNA evidence dating back to 2008. Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientists Yvonne “Missy” Woods, age 65, accused 48 counts of attempting to influence a public servant, 52 counts of forgery of a government-issued document, one count of perjury, and one count of cybercrime,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Justin Welsh
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Justin Welsh, 32, of Peyton, Colorado, came to the attention of law enforcement after an internet service provider submitted a Cyber Tipline Report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in July 2024. The resulting investigation revealed that the defendant had created sexually explicit pictures and videos of a three-year-old minor victim and distributed the con
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Andrew Dominguez
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with one count of violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA), two counts of Attempted Pimping, two counts of Criminal Impersonation, one count of Extortion, and one count of Tampering with a Victim or Witness. Starting in early 2023, Andrew Dominguez contacted hundreds of women and girls online to attempt to recruit them to take part in his sex trafficking ring.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mario Luis Rocha
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute drugs and felny possession of a firearm. In August 2025, investigators learned that Mario Rocha, 27, Rocky Ford, Colorado, was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine out of his Rocky Ford home and that he was in possession of numerous firearms. After obtaining a search warrant for his residence, FBI agents recovered 1169.3 grams of cocaine
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ashley Blackcloud and Derrick Bernard
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to threaten or convey false information about a threat: a burning cross placed in front of a Black political candidate’s campaign sign, which they had defaced with a racial slur written in red spray paint. Bernard sent a message to the threatened candidate in which he explained he was “mobilizing my squad in defense. Black ops style big brother” and then immediately texted Blackcloud, “I got
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Nicholas Stout
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Nicholas Stout, age 38, accused for causing the 2-year-old child in west Denver,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ashley Blackcloud
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with conspiracy to threaten or convey false information about a threat: a burning cross placed in front of a Black political candidate’s campaign sign, which they had defaced with a racial slur written in red spray paint. Ashley Blackcloud, 40, of Colorado Springs, Colorado sent a message to the threatened candidate in which he explained he was “mobilizing my squad in defense. Black ops style big brother” and t
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Barry Morphew
Alamosa, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murdering his wife. Barry Morphew pleaded not guilty for the second time in the alleged murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, whose body was found more than three years after the mother of two was reported missing.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Anthony Dattilo
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, making false claims, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activities. Anthony Dattilo, age 34, of Littleton, devised a scheme to defraud and obtain money from the United States Department of Treasury, namely the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), by making false statements on tax returns which he filed with the IRS. Those false returns caused the IRS to refund Dattilo m
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Simon Meza
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. On September 20, 2023, Simon Meza, 45, Denver, entered the Huntington Bank at 18520 E. Green Valley Ranch Blvd in Denver and robbed the bank by demanding money from the teller. Meza took the money and fled. Eight days later, on September 28, 2023, Meza robbed the PNC Bank on West 32nd Avenue in Denver by, again, demanding money from t
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Kimberlee Singler
Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represent Kimberlee Singler, age 37, charged with two counts apiece of first-degree murder and murder on a child victim under the age of 12 in the Dec. 19, 2023, deaths of two of her three children, as well as attempted first-degree murder and third-degree felony assault on a third child who survived “significant injury” inflicted by her mother.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ikponmwosa Erhinmwinrose
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of wire fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of wire fraud conspiracy, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Ikponmwosa Erhinmwinrose, 39, of Atlanta, Georgia, and other conspirators in his fraud ring stole more than $7.6 million in government benefits from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, multiple state unemp
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Octavio Alan Rivas Morales
Castle Rock, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas, a/k/a “Chino San Vicente,” and Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a/k/a “Jovani San Vicente,” a/k/a “El Viejo”
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), Racketeering Conspiracy 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), Hobbs Act Robbery Conspiracy 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, Hobbs Act Robbery, Aiding and Abetting 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(ii) and 2, Using and Carrying a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, Which Was Discharged, Aiding and Abetting 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2, Hobbs Act Robbery, Aiding and Abetting 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Branden Olson
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Brandon Olson, age 46, , was accused of breaking into the Colorado Supreme Court building on East 14th Avenue in early 2024. He set three fires and shot out multiple windows before calling 911 on himself. The Defendant was allegedly in a drug-induced psychotic episode and ended with the largest single-location insurance claim for the state of Colorado.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Paul Barsch III
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of production of child pornography. John Paul Barsch III, age 31, a soldier while stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs produced child porn. on multiple occasions between November 2018 and March 2020, Barsch performed sex acts on an infant or toddler in his custody, care, or control; created videos depicting those sex acts; and distributed at least one of the videos to another person who was
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Andrew Dominguez
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA), two counts of Attempted Pimping, two counts of Criminal Impersonation, one count of Extortion, and one count of Tampering with a Victim or Witness. Dominguez was arrested in California by special agents with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Fugitive Apprehension Team and agents with the U.S. Marshals Service
View VerdictJosias Ortiz v. Andrew Sidley-Mackie
Denver, Colorado, pro se Plaintiff sued his lawyer to remove his lawyer on its state criminal case. Sidley-Mackie allegedly refused to do so and instead fraudulently represented to the Colorado Court of Appeals that Ortiz may not be competent to self- represent. Based on these allegations, Ortiz filed this federal lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that Sidley-Mackie had violated his constitutional rights.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Marquez Parker
Colorado Springs, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Marquez Park, age 29, for Fountain, Colorado, is accused for producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials being shared through social media in 2023.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Michael Digiacomo
Brighton, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with child enticement.<br> <br> Michael Digiacomo, age 47, a former paraprofessional with Mapleton Public Schools is accused of child enticement charges.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dennis Cerrato-Avila
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
View VerdictMakayla Besser, et al. v. Startek USA, Inc.
Denver, Colorado employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.
View VerdictUnited States v. Nathan Pierson
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with activities re material constituting child pornorgraphy.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Serafin Castro
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacture of 100 or more marihuana plants with intent to distribute.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Ballage
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a weapon by a prohibited person.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Darrel Killebrew
Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony menacing, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, child abuse and second-degree criminal tampering.<br> <br> Denver Deputy Sheriff Darrel Killebrew is accused of multiple felonies, including child abuse.<br> <br>
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Craig Wolfgang
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Craig Wolfgang, age 31, was charged with killing a woman whose body was found in the southeast side of Denver.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. John Hallford and Carie Hallford
Colorado Springs, Colorado criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud. <br> <br> Carie Hallford and her husband, Jon Hallford, owned Return to Nature Funeral Home and are accused of dumping the bodies in a building in a rural town between 2019 and 2023, giving families fake ashes and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Killiu Ford
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a),<br> <br> In 2009, Ford and his co-defendants Morgan and Sanford abducted a family—father, mother, and their two young daughters—at gunpoint, eventually robbing them of $30,000.<br> <br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Colver McGregor
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> n March 2023, two officers stopped Mr. McGregor's vehicle for speeding. During<br> the traffic stop, the officers (1) saw Mr. McGregor dramatically lean over to the<br> passenger's side of his vehicle to the extent that the officers could no longer see his<br> body, (2) recognized Mr. McGregor as a member of a local criminal gang, and<br> (3) heard Mr. McGregor state that he
View VerdictState of Colorado v. James Sanchez
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> James Sanchez was accused of shooting and killing Desiree Terrazas, 39. in March 2024.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Tanner Fielder
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Tanner Fielder was accused of shooting and killing Lluvia Robles-Banuelos, 31-year-old and 43-year-old Jeremy Hutcheson. Robles-Banuelos who were found dead near East 45th Avenue and North Washington Street on on Sept. 6, 2023.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Noah Huerta
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being<br> a felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition.<br> <br> On June 26, 2023, at around 4:20 a.m., a shooting occurred at a convenience<br> store in Denver, Colorado. III R. 105. Police identified a suspect, described as "a<br> light-skinned Black male who is bald with a thick beard and muscular build[.]” Id.<br> A security camera captured a photo of the suspect. I R. 30; III R. 106. Police loc
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Ibogaine Distribution.<br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars, 52, of Broomfield, Colorado, was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of ibogaine. Ibogaine is a psychedelic compound derived from the root of a Tabernanthe iboga plant. In the
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Malachi Mathias Mood Seals
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six class-C-felony counts charging him with influencing or retaliating against a federal official by threatening that person or family members in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1), and six class-D-felony counts of threatening these persons by using interstate communication in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875(c).
View VerdictBailey Alexander, et al. City and County of Denver, et al.
Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who were injured when a police officer shot into the crowd that they were in outside a bar in 2022.<br> <br> On July 17, 2022, Brandon Ramos was a police officer working in a unit to prevent gun violence on weekend nights in downtown<br> enver. Mr. Ramos and two other officers witnessed a man pull out a gun near a large crowd outside a bar at closing time.<br> <br> The officers fired six shots at Jordan Waddley, age 21.<br> <br
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Kwame Adjei-Broni
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with g careless driving causing death, careless driving causing injury and failure to yield.<br> <br> Kwame Adjei-Broni, bus driver at Denver International Airport, failed to yield to another vehicle, which resulted in the death of John Hughes, a passenger, and injuries to a number of passengers.
View VerdictState of Colorado v. James "Jaime" Benavides
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> James "Jaime" Benavidez, age 50, was accused of killing 32-year-old Keeley Koff, who was pregnant.<br> <br> Benavides was arrested by Brighton Police Officers for attempting to rub a man to get his car.<br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Martin Piedra-Gutierrez
Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to <br> distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl.<br> <br> 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii), (b)(1)(B)(vi), (b)(1)(B)(viii), (b)(1)(C) and 846: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one or more of the following: (1) 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), (2) 500 grams or mor
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of ibogaine. <br> <br> he United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars, 52, of Broomfield, Colorado, was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of ibogaine. Ibogaine is a
View VerdictFamily and Estate of Wongel Estifanos, et al. v. Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, et al.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim.<br> <br> Wongel Estifanos, age 6, fell to her death while riding on the Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.<br> <br> The child was never buckled into the ride.<br> <br>
View VerdictState of Colorado v. John Hallford
Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with hundreds of felonies.<br> <br> Jon Hallford entered a "Not Guilty” plea in the case stemming from a 2023 investigation into a Return to Nature Funeral Home-owned facility in Penrose, Colorado.<br> <br> Law enforcement officers determined Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Halford, owned the building where they discovered 189 bodies in various states of decomposition. The bodies had been improperly st
View VerdictState of Colorado v. Daniel Ryan Clark
Arvada, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampering with a deceased human body, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.<br> <br> Daniel Ryan Clark, age 31, is under investigation regading the death of 20-year-old woman whose body was found in a block box.
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