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United States of America v. Kevin Rockwell

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18:2252A(a)(5)(B), 2252A(b)(2) AND 2256(8)(A). In November 2024, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at Kevin Rockwell’s residence in Kennebunkport. Agents recovered a tablet located on a nightstand; a review of the tablet uncovered numerous image and video files of child sexual abuse material, including prepubescent children. Rockwell admitted in an i

United States of America v. Edgar Mandujano-Aguilar

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry by an alien after removal. On November 6, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol Agents encountered Edgar Mandujano-Aguilar, 37, after he requested assistance from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to return to his home country of Mexico. After agents arrived at the Sheriff’s Office, Mandujano-Aguilar stated that he was born in Mexico, was not a U.S. citizen, and did not have any authorization to be in th

State of Maine v. Sean Eori

Kennebec County, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful sexual contact (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 255-A(1)(F-2) (2025), and two counts of possession of sexually explicit material (Class D), 17-A M.R.S § 284(1)(A) (2025), “[A]ll relevant evidence should be admitted unless any prejudice overwhelms any potentially probative value.” State v. Bickart, 2009 ME 7, ¶ 39, 963 A.2d 183. Given the nature of the charges brought against Eori and the relevanc

United States of America v. Steven Parker

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. Steven Parker, 47, sent a video file depicting child sexual abuse material to an undercover agent over a messaging application. In August 2024, the Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit (MSPCCU) and the FBI executed a search warrant at his residence, resulting in the seizure of multiple digital media devices containing hundreds of image and video files of child s

United States of America v. Caleb Rhine

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of firearm while under indictment. Caleb Rhine, 22, was indicted in Hancock County Superior Court on one count of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs. On May 5, 2024, Rhine, while still under indictment, attempted to purchase a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Ellsworth. To make the purchase, Rhine filled out a Form 4473 required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explo

United States of America v. Danielle McBreairty

Bangor, Maine, the Defendant and a criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant conspiracy to possess and distribute meth and fentanyl and unlawful possession and use of a firearm.

United States of America v. Danielle McBreairty

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal contempt. Danielle McBreairty ("McBreairty") was called by the government to testify in a criminal trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Invoking her privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, she refused to do so. The District Court granted her statutory immunity for her testimony, but she continued to refuse to testify.

United States of America v. Justin Leonard

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. In February 2024, investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Leonard’s home based on a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Justin Leonard, 24, was home during the warrant’s execution and provided the password and Face ID to a hidden folder on his cellular telephone. I

United States of America v. Agasha Carvalho and Donovan Miller

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer Philip Noland represents the Defendant Carvalho charged with sexual exploitation of a female minor child and possession and transportation of child porn. On November 18, 2025, Agasha Carvalho appeared in the U.S. District Court for an arraignment and pleaded not guilty. Miller appeared in U.S. District Court on November 20, 2025, for his arraignment and pleaded not guilty. The FBI investigated the case with the assistance of Homeland Security Investi

United States of America v. Patrick Hamlin

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography.

State of Maine v. Timothy Philbrick and Mariah McEwen

Caribou, Maine, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated trafficking of schedule W drugs, unlawful furnishing of schedule W drugs, unlawful possession of schedule W drugs, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Police arrested 33-year-old Timothy Philbrick of Fort Fairfield and 23-year-old Mariah McEwen of Fort Fairfield after they got a report about a burglary involving a contractor's service truck parked in a driveway on Elm Street, in Fort Fai

United States of America v. Alfredo Gonzalez-Pelaez

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with illegal reentry after removal. Alfredo Gonzalez-Pelaez, 42, was encountered by a Border Patrol agent conducting a field inspection. Gonzalez-Pelaez acknowledged to the officer that he was an alien who had illegally entered the United States years earlier. Immigration records showed that he had previously been removed from the U.S. in 2012 and did not have a visa or other documentation that would allow him to re

State of Maine v. Denis Lemieux

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant contesting the revocation of his probation. On October 17, 2023, the trial court (Kennebec County, Daniel Mitchell, J.) entered a judgment of conviction after Denis Lemieux pleaded guilty to domestic violence terrorizing (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 210-B(1)(B)(1) (2025). Lemieux argues that before revoking his probation, the court should have examined the constitutionality of the statute und

State of Maine v. Megan McDonald

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Megan McDonald walked into the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office and allegedly confessed to killing her son and four pets, there is no confirmation on if and when she will stand trial, and many details remain sealed from the public. McDonald allegedly told officers that God had chosen her for a murder-suicide and that her son needed to be sacrificed before Christmas.

State of Maine v. Kendall Purnell

Skowhegan, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

United States of America v. Richard Harris

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Richard Harris, 23, and a coconspirator, Paul Logugune, broke into unattended vehicles to steal purses and wallets to obtain driver’s licenses and checkbooks. Harris and Logugune forged checks using the stolen checkbooks and made the checks payable to the names on the stolen licenses. They then recruited others to cash the forged checks at credit un

United States of America v. Eric Ericson

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on a passport application. Eric Ericson, age 73, applied for a U.S. passport at a U.S. Post Office in Bangor on March 24, 2023. When asked about any other names he had used, Ericson failed to disclose his multiple aliases on his passport application. Ericson also falsely reported that he had never applied for or been issued a U.S. passport before, when in fact he had previously applied for an

United States of America v. Ken Yiu

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with submitting a false mortgage loan application and maintaining a marijuana-involved premises. Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, purchased a house in Saint Albans using an $80,000 residential mortgage loan he obtained from a Maine bank. To receive the funding, Yiu submitted a loan application in which he answered “Yes” to the question, “Do you intend to occupy the property as your primary residence?” Yiu never in

United States of America v. Alvin dorsey

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.

United States of America v. Joshua Deprez

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with influencing, impeding, or retailiating against a federal official by threatening or injury.

State of Nebraska v. Maurice Brown

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of using a gun to commit a felony, six counts of second-degree assault, one county of first-degree assault, and one count of possession of a gun by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Maurice Bown, age 31, was accused of shooting seven people.

United States of America v. John Labbe

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

State of Maine v. Heather M. Hodgson

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> domestic violence reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 211-A(1)(A), 1604(5)(A) (2025); domestic violence criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 209-A(1)(A), 1604(5)(A) (2025); and endangering the welfare of a child (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 554(1)(C) (2025).<br> <br> Legal issue Does the failure to impose a mandatory minimum sentence for

Alicia Rowe v. State Mutual Insurance Company

Belfast, Maine insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who brought a reach-and-apply action that Rowe brought pursuant to 24-A M.R.S. § 2904 (2019).[1] See Ashe v. Enter. Rent-A-Car, 2003 ME 147, ¶ 14, 838 A.2d 1157 ("The reach and apply statute . . . enables a judgment creditor to have insurance money applied to the satisfaction of [a] judgment by bringing an action against the judgment debtor's insurer if [there] was insur[ance coverage] for the liability forming the basis of the <br> <

State of Maine v. Kenneth M. Case, Jr.

Bath, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> three counts of gross sexual assault, three counts of domestic violence assault, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. <br> <br> Chase is the victim's father. Chase sexually assaulted the victim more times than she could count. The earliest assault that the victim could remember occurred when she was in the second grade. The victim also recalled an incident that occurred around the same time when sh

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eluding an officer, driving to endanger, refusing to submit to arrest, assault on an officer, aggravated criminal mischief, violating conditions of release, and criminal speed.<br> <br> Emily Schroder, age 33, was speeding on Route 1 new Cooks Corner. <br> <br>

State of Maine v. Zane Ibrahim

Portland, Maine, riminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Class C criminal threatening, Class C reckless conduct and Class E terrorizing.<br> <br> Zane Ibrahim, 18, of Kennebunk was accused committing a Class C crime punishable by up to five years incarceration and a $5,000 fine. Class E crimes are punishable by up to six months incarceration and a $1,000 fine.

United States of America v. Kelly Ballinger

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiring to alter money orders.<br> <br> A Glenburn woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for embezzling from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiring to alter money orders.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Kelly Ballinger, 59, to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised

United States of America v. Jason Brenner

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failing to Stop for Inspection at Calais International Port of Entry.<br> <br> A New Jersey man was sentenced for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the international port of entry in Calais. <br> <br> U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Jason Brenner, 53, to 115 days of imprisonment, followed by a year of supervised release. Brenner pleaded guilty on August 12, 2025.<br> <br

United States of America v.Javier Amateco-Navarrette

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering the US After Prior Removals.<br> <br> A Mexican national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.<br> <br> According to court records, on September 16, 2025, Javier Amateco-Navarrette, 38, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol in Oakland, Maine. During the traffic stop, Amateco-Navarrette admitted he was a ci

United States of America v. Kelly Ballinger

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiring to alter money orders.<br> <br> A Glenburn woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for embezzling from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiring to alter money orders.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Kelly Ballinger, 59, to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervise

United States of America v. John C. Nivison

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection <br> <br> A New Jersey man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the international port of entry in Calais. <br> <br> U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Jason Brenner, 53, to 115 days of imprisonment, followed by a year of supervised release. Brenner pleaded

United States of America v. Javier Amateco-Navarrette

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering the US After Prior Removals<br> <br> A Mexican national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.<br> <br> According to court records, on September 16, 2025, Javier Amateco-Navarrette, 38, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol in Oakland, Maine. During the traffic stop, Amateco-Navarrette admitted he was a cit

United States of America v. Kelly Ballinger

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzlement<br> <br> A Glenburn woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for embezzling from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiring to alter money orders.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Kelly Ballinger, 59, to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Ballinger will also be ordered to pay restitution totaling approximatel

State of Maine v. John Doe

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of packages from a home.<br> <br> A resident reported the theft and provided video footage showing a white, middle-aged man wearing a black hoodie with an Adidas emblem, black pants, and white sneakers, Rumford police said in a social media post.<br> <br>

United States of America v. Kelly Ballinger

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement from an organization receiving federal funds and conspiracy to alter postal money orders. <br>

United States of America v. Tamara Iveth Shiguano-Vargas

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Entering the US After a Prior Removal.<br> <br> An Ecuadorian national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.<br> <br> According to court records, on August 4, 2025, Tamara Iveth Shiguano-Vargas, 29, was a passenger in a car stopped by the Maine State Police for speeding on I-95. While the trooper who conducted the stop contacted the U.S.

United States of America v. Susie Files

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of Government Money<br> <br> A Poland woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for Social Security fraud and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Susie Files, 65, to 36 months of probation and ordered her to pay $165,878 in restitution. Files pleaded guilty on May 19, 2025.<br> <br> According to court records, Files lied

United States of America v. Andrea Cochran

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with to bank fraud, false use of a passport, and aggravated identity theft. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Multiple Fraud Offenses</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A Texas woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Portland today

State of Maine v. Jorge Malone

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic violence stalking and domestic violence terrorizing.<br> <br> Jorge Malone allegedly went to his girlfriend's Hermon home "visibly armed with a handgun.”

State of Maine v. Olivia G. Wilkins

Rockland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with h reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, obstructing government administration, driving to endanger and failure to stop for an officer.<br> <br> Olivia G. Wilkins, 24, of Thomaston, was accused of trying to run over officers as they were trying to take people in custody suspected of being in the country illegally.<br>

United States of America v. Arden Shaw

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property.<br> <br>

Lenay J. Cavanaugh v. Social Security Administration

Portland, Maine social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS for her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.

Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board, et al.

Bangor, Maine personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> Plaintiff Amber Lavigne initiated this lawsuit against the Great Salt Bay Community School Board (the "Board") and various individual members of the school staff1 (together, "defendants"), alleging that defendants infringed on her constitutional right to parent. Lavigne claims that defendants acted unconstitutionally by providing her child, A.B., a chest binder -- "a device used to flatten

United States of America v. Americo Lopes-Da Silva

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering the US After Prior Removal </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b<br> <br> Brazilian Man Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the US After Prior Removal</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Brazilian man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for re-entering t

State of Maine v. Raymond Ellis, Jr.

Showhegan, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery (Class A), 17-A M.R.S. § 651(1)(E) (2025), and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (Class C), 15 M.R.S. § 393(1)(A-1)(1) (2023).<br> <br> Legal issue Can the lack of a missing-witness jury instruction and the consideration of a failure to take responsibility as an aggravating factor in sentencing be challenged as violations of a defendant's rights?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. MISSING

United States of America v. Felipe De Jesus Zavala Medel

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced for Making False Statements</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Mexican national was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for making a false statement to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Stacey N

United States of America v. Ruibo Pan

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with entry without inspection </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegally Entering the Country</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man from Fujian, China, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served in U.S. District Court in Bangor for the misdemeanor offense of entry without inspection.<br> <br> U.S. Magistrate Judge John C

United States of America v. Pierre Calhoun

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Crack Cocaine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Auburn Career Offender Sentenced to 10 Years for Trafficking Crack Cocaine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Auburn man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland for selling crack cocaine on two occasions to a confidential source working for the DEA.<br>

United States of America v. Tyree Jones

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Fraud</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Two Years for Pandemic Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Plymouth, New Hampshire man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiring to commit wire fraud.<br> <br> Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker sentenced Tyree Jones, 3