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United States of America v. Matthew Keith Miller
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cutting trees without timber sale contract or authorization On January 18, 2025, an anonymous complainant advised the U.S. Forest Service that they observed several downed locust trees in a restricted area around Petites Gap Road, within Rockbridge County. The complainant provided a picture of a truck that was being used to remove the wood, which the Forest Service traced back to Matthew Keith Miller, age 35, o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alexander Michael Martinez, a/k/a "Rambo"
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. on Feb. 8, 2023, law enforcement intercepted a parcel containing approximately 2.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.1 kilograms of cocaine. The parcel was addressed to an individual who had agreed to receive it on behalf of Alexander Michael Martinez, aka Rambo, 34. On Feb. 10, 2023, law enforcement intercepted another package contain
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jermaine Crayton Jr.
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. In August 2025, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Smyth County Sheriff’s Office, City of Bristol Virginia Police Department, Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office, and Drug Enforcement Administration developed intelligence that Jermaine Crayton Jr., 20, was
View VerdictUnited States of America v. CarMax, Inc.
Fairfax, Virginia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused for violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by illegally repossessing motor vehicles owned by members of the military. The Justice Department alleged that CarMax repossessed servicemember vehicles without obtaining court orders as required by federal law, as well as repossessed some vehicles even after owners told CarMax that they were in military service. CarMax also allegedly failed to extend SC
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Juliana Peres MagalhĂŁes
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Juliana Peres Magalhães, a Brazilian au pair, testified for the Commonwealth in its effort to convict Branden Banfield of murder for killing his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Rayan. Ryan had been lured to the Banfields’ home in Herndon, Va. on Feb. 24, 2023, through a sexual fetish website in which Mr. Banfield and Ms. Magalhães posed as Ms. Banfield
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, and Vitaliy Borisenko
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the Export Administration Regulations. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, age 54, of Fairfax, and Vitaliy Borisenko, age 39, of Vienna, Virginia, operated an e-commerce website that allowed Russian customers to order U.S. goods and technology directly from U.S. retailers, who shipped the items to Eleview’s warehouse in Chantilly. The
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Willie Holmes
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Willie Holmes accused of shooting and killing a woman in a Roanoke Rapids parking lot.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Brendan Banfield
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated murder, one count of using a firearm in commission of a felony and one count of child endangerment. Brendan Banfield, age 40, was accused of killing his wife and Joseph Ryan, the man with whom she was having an affair. Juliana Peres MagalhĂŁes, Banfields au pair, with whom he was having an affair, who pleaded to manslaughter, testified against him.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jermain Antonio Bernard
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On March 8, 2025, Newport News Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Jermain Antonio Bernard, 41, for driving at night without using headlights. An officer smelled alcohol as he approached the vehicle and observed that Bernard’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and the officer called for backup to administer a field-sobriety test. During the tra
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Les Christopher Burns
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a machine, one count of possessing two machine guns and a short barrel rifle which were not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Shibritney Colbert
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with committing a hate crime. Shibritney Colbert, age 24, of Landover accused of attacking a shopper in a Giant supermarket on Christmas day for his sexuality. See: https://wjla.com/news/local/woman-hate-crime-christmas-day-attack-in-alexandria-assault-giant-supermarket-virginia-lgbtq-fairfax-county-maryland-shibritney-colbert
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kevin Russell Beasley
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Nov. 1, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel, shipped from California, containing over three kilograms of cocaine. Investigators performed a controlled delivery of the parcel to the intended address in Portsmouth, and the parcel was retrieved by Kevin Russell Beasley, 51. Beasley was immediately taken into custody
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Adrian Knight
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer James Orlando Broccoletti represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud. Adrian Knight, 41, owned Ace Auto Sales, LLC in Chesapeake. From March 2019 to January 2023, Knight engaged in a fraud conspiracy in which he and co-conspirators listed Ace as the seller of automobiles in buyers’ agreements or buyers’ orders that accompanied fraudulent loan applications to various financial institutions for automobile
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ricardo Francisco Ordaz
Charlottesville, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers Jessica Fay Phillips and Rhonda Quafliana represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and illegally transporting aliens resulting in death. Ricardo Franco Ordaz, 26, of Cedar Creek, Texas, arranged to transport victims from an area near the United States-Mexico border and bring them to a stash house near Austin, Texas. Once there, Ordaz, and others, held the victims against their will and under armed guard, then called and messaged the
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Damon Tyler Mills
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers, Brooke Alexander Duncan and Anthony Franklin Anderson, represented the Defendant charged with committing an armed robbery in violaiton of the Hobbs Act and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. On February 24, 2019, law enforcement responded to an apartment in Roanoke County, Virginia regarding a disturbance involving firearms. Officers arrived on the scene and located victim FC deceased with gunshot wounds to their head and
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Rimero Rutherford
Abington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with failing to register as a sex offender. Joseph Rimero Rutherford, 34, of North Carolina, habitually resided in an apartment in Bristol, Virginia. Rutherford failed to register in Virginia or update his registration in North Carolina as required by SORNA. Rutherford is required to register as a sex offender and comply with SORNA because of his 2015 federal convictions for the possession and distribution of child por
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Edward Ramey
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation of supervised release procediing. “A district court has broad discretion when imposing a sentence upon revocation of supervised release. [We] will affirm a revocation sentence if it is within the statutory maximum and is not plainly unreasonable.” United States v. Patterson, 957 F.3d 426, 436 (4th Cir. 2020). Before deciding “whether a revocation sentence is plainly unreasonable, [we] must first dete
View VerdictAnthony Kelly v. The City of Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Plaintiffs, Current and former battalion chiefs for the City of Alexandria Fire Department, sued the City seeking payment of unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–19, requires employers to pay non- exempt employees time-and-a-half when they work more than 40 hours in a week or—for fire pr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Gould
Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Briar Stephens
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Briar Stephens, age 24, of Bristol, Virginia, charged with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a drug trafficking crime.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Omari Andrew Green
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with maliciously shooting at a vehicle resulting in death and participating in a criminal act for the benefit or at the direction of a gang.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Isaiah Amery Muniz
Norfolk Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Melissa Apodaca
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud.
View VerdictRita Escobar v. LYFT, Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. A.I. Google: Virginia auto negligence law is defined by a strict contributory negligence rule, meaning if you're even 1% at fault for an accident, you're barred from recovering any damages, making it crucial to avoid admitting fault and gather extensive evidence to prove the other driver's complete negligence in causing the crash. It's an at-fault state where the responsible party pays,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements within the jurisdication of the legislative branch of the United States Government. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is the federal statute making it a crime to knowingly and willfully make false statements, conceal material facts, or use false documents in matters within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government's executive, legislative, or judicial branches, punishable by fines and/or imprisonment, c
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Letitia A. James
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution. James, a Democrat, was indicted in October on one count of making false statements to a financial institution and one count of bank fraud. She pleaded not guilty to the two charges before the case was dismissed.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ryan Matthew Bieber
Newport, News, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of child pornography.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brian Keith Anderson
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine and sale of a firearm to a convicted felon. during seven controlled buys conducted by law enforcement from Jan. 16, 2024, to Feb. 25, 2025, Brian Keith Anderson, 48, distributed a total of 117.29 grams of methamphetamine. During a controlled buy conducted on June 14, 2024, in addition to 4.85 grams of methamphetamine, Anderson sold a handgun to an individual he knew was a convict
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alcides Castro-Martinez
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling ten firearms, including a short-barrel shotgun, to an undercover source working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Between February 2025 and August 2025, ATF utilized a confidential source to conduct seven separate controlled purchases involving a total of ten firearms from Alcides Castro-Martinez, 42, . On each occasion, Castro-Martinez personally delivered the firearms
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Briar Stephens
Abingdon, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 21:846=CD.F - CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - 21:846 and 841(b)(1)(B) - Knowingly and Intentionally conspired to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl (10/2024) 21:841A=CD.F - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE - 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C) - Knowingly and Intentional
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Damontie James
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Damontie James, age 26, was accused of shooting and killing Kory Anding, 29. Alexandria.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Elena Pendergrass
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Pendergrass, aka Elena Stukalkina, 35, resided in Alexandria prior to her daughter’s birth on May 21. Though a DNA test prior to birth confirmed the child’s paternity, Pendergrass ordered the father to cease and desist all communications. After the child was born, she listed “unknown” for the father on their daughter’s birth certificate, despite the father wanting
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents when interviewed about the activities. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi, 55, of Annandale, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2013, and was convicted of nineteen counts of aiding the preparation of a false income tax return, two counts of filing his own false income tax returns, and one count of making false st
View Verdictnited States of America v. Christopher Allan Johnson
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material. On October 10, 2024, after leaving the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, Christopher Allan Johnson, 54, logged into Kik and joined a public group dedicated to incest. There, an undercover FBI task force officer messaged Johnson. During the conversation, Johnson talked about his sexual fantasies in
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jennifer Leigh Peters
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accessing a protected computer system to provide her then-boyfriend and probationer with sensitive non-public information, lying to federal investigators, and destroying evidence. Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of obstruction of a proceeding before a United States Agency, one count of making false representations, and one count of dest
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Dalonte Davis
Arlington, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with Wearing a Mask in Public and Obstruction of Justice. At approximately 5:44 p.m. on December 11, an officer working a crime prevention detail at the Pentagon City Metro Station observed the male suspect wearing a face covering indoors and asked him to remove it. The suspect ignored commands and attempted to flee from the officer. The officer attempted to detain the suspect when a second male suspect grabbed the
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Quincy Eugeme Moore
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter[3] and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. In 2020, Quincy Moore and Donald Jeffreys had a verbal and physical altercation at a neighborhood gathering. Party attendees separated them, and Jeffreys walked away still making verbal threats. Although Jeffreys was approximately 500 feet away from the party, Moore, "still angry, jumped" into his girlfrien
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Jihad Arlik Ruffin
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony murder while in the commission of shooting into an occupied building, Code § 18.2-33, use of a firearm in commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1, and maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building, Code § 18.2-279. * * * On July 3, 2021, a fatal shooting occurred inside the "NOLA by Nisha the Plug" (NOLA) store, located in the shops at White Oak Village in Henrico. The incident was
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. David Lewis
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with carjacking. David Lewis, age 34, was accused of assaulting a delivery driver and stealing his vehicle.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Arthur Scott
Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ossession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, see 21 U.S.C.<br> § 841.
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Jamar Lafonz Hilliard
Portsmouth, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter and maliciously discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.<br> <br>
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Derek McKinley Mabins
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-95; felony failure to appear, in violation of Code § 19.2-128; petit larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-96; and intentional destruction of property valued at less than $1,000, in violation of Code § 18.2-137(B)(i). <br> <br>
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez
Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death. <br> <br> On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, debris, gravel, or obstructions. The highway had a wide shoulder on the right side of the road and no
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Delonte West
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with public intoxication.<br> <br> Former NBA player Delonte West, age 46, was arrested after showing signs of public intoxication.<br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for "drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.” JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies that appeared to contain cocaine. There were other people on the scene, including one in the front
View VerdictAbigail Zwerner v. Ebony Parker, et al.
Newport News, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a gross negligence claim.<br> <br> Abigail Zwerner, a first-grad teacher in Newport News, Virginia was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother's gun to class in January 2023. She sued Ebony Parker claiming that the assistant principal failed and refused to respond to four separate reports from staff members that the boy might have had a gun with him that day at the Richneck Elementary School.<br> <br> The D
View VerdictCommonwealth of Virginia v. Damontie James
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Damontie James of Alexandria, age 26, was accused of shooting and killing Kory Anding, 29, also of Alexandria.
View VerdictBrian Hoffard and Emmalyn Hoffard v. Marc Jones Construction, LLC d/b/a Sunpro Solar, aka Adt Solar, LLC
Newports News, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract action involving an arbitration agreement in a contract.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jimmy Lawrence Nance
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate relief.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kenneth Ray Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), which Johnson predicated on his purportedly "unusually long” sentence. See U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual<br> § 1B1.13(b)(6), p.s. (2024).
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