Massachusetts Verdicts & Court Cases

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Patrick Harland

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, witness intimidation, accessory before the fact, and possession of a firearm. Reported by: Kent Morlan Patrick Harland, age 32, was accused of killing a 41-year-old Boston man. At abou

United States of America v. Carlos Perez

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and distribution of drugs in violation of 21 u.S.C. 841. Reported by: Kent Morlan On May 5, 2025, Perez sold cocaine as well as a .45 caliber pis

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charge with three counts o murder. Reported by: Kent Morlan Lindsay Clancy is on trial in Plymouth Superior Court facing three counts of first-degree murder for the January 24, 2023, strangulation deaths of her three young

United States of America v. Kelvin Liranzo Roman, a/k/a “Whoopty"

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs through a patter of racketeering activity, including participation in two murders and two other attempted murders, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1961(d). Reported by: Kent Mo

United States of America v. Oscar Manuel Castanos Garcia

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defendant lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 and money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.c. 1956. Reported by Kent Morlan Edward Jose Puello Garcia, 45, engaged in a conspiracy to commit f

United States of America v. Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp)

Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Justice lawyers represented the United Stare on a False Claims Act claim that the Defendant submitted medically unnecessary claims for urine drug testing (UDT) to Medicare for payment. Labcorp offered clients a testing panel called “Toxassure Comprehensive,

United States of America v. Pedram Fejal

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with tipping investor with nonpublic information for them to used to make money on stocks. Reported by Kent Morlan The first indictment charges the following 16 defendants with two counts of conspiracy to commit secur

United States of America v. Christopher Flanagan

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, falsification of records, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Christopher Flanagan, 38, of Dennis, Mass. was indicted with eight counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. John Irmer

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. John Irmer, 71, was accused of killing 24-year-old Susan Rose, in 1979.

United States of America v. Victor Kolawole Brockton and Keith Wainaina

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. By Kent Morlan Beginning no later than December 2022, Victor Kolawole, 26, of Brockton and Keith Wainaina, 24, of Lowell, conspired with Phalentz Vernot and others to defra

United States of America v. Jennifer Valley

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Jennifer Valley, 51, was charged with one count of theft of government money. Valley will make an appearance in federal court in Worcester at a later date. The charging document

United States of America v. Kejia Wang

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit identity theft. Kejia Wang, age 42, of Edison, New Jersey, facilitated North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers posing as U.S. resi

United States of America v. Jose Bello

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding investors who believed they were funding short-term, high-return loans for real estate transactions or storm damage repair. Jose Bello, Age 38, told investors that he worked with a group that would in

United States of America v. Richard Nguyen

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manufacturing and distributing homemade methamphetamine pills, branded as “Adderall.” Richard Nguyen, a/k/a “Cheese,” a/k/a “Cheeseburger,” 30, of Lowell, was part of the large drug distribution netw

United States of America v. Antonio Bonheur

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use SNAP benefits and wire fraud. Antonio Bonheur, 74, of Mattapan, was accusedc of food stamp fraud and wire fraud. Bonheur was arrested and charged in December 2025. Bonheur owned Jesula Var

United States of America v. Jacob Parlin

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute certain quantities of methamphetamine and conspiracy to do the same. In assessing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict in a crimina

United States of America v. Antonio Bonheur

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use, transfer, acquisition, alteration or possession of benefits, and wire fraud involving SNAP benefits. Antonio Bonheur, a 74-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Haiti, owned the Jesula Variety

United States of America v. Patrick J. Dolan

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers Paul Cirel and Evan Johnson represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Between November 2018 and November 2024, Patrick J. Dolan devised a scheme to defraud his clients and other individuals who entrusted Dolan to maintain funds in accounts h

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Jayden DeBarros

Brockton, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Jayden DeBarros, age 19, of Brockton was arrested and charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace outside the Plymouth County, Massachusetts courthouse.

United States of America v. Keion Rowell, a/k/a Keion J. Roswell, a/k/a Kuntzo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor. Defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence against him was denied.

Boston, Massachusetts health care fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Over four years, Chang Goo Yoon submitted more than a million dollars in false health insurance claims, resulting in his conviction on two counts of health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347. Yoon work

United States of America v. Dennis Condron

Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making fraudulent and false statements. Over a three-year period, in addition to depositing customer payments to his company, D Condron Construction, Dennis Condron, 76, of Cheshire, hid over half a million

United States of America v. Michael Andrew Rodgers

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening interstate communications and extortion. On April 5, 2023, Michael Andrew Rodgers, 32, posted a threat on the Google review page of a Springfield medical practice that stated: “They gonna get what

United States of America v. Wuesley Pelaez Vela

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer Bryan Owens represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and conspiracy to distribute and poss with intent to distribute 200 grams or more of fentanyl. In 2019, an investigation began into a Colombia-based money laundering organization tha

United States of America v. Abraham Heredia

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer Joseph Harty represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of Fentanyl. Abraham Heredia, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent

United States of America v. Tuyet T. Martin

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to obstruct justice. Tuyet T. Martin, 55, of Pelham, N.H., was charged along with her brother Dean Tran, who was charged in a 28-count federal indictment for his fraudulent collection of Pandemic Une

United States of America v. Kenneth Mattoon

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement of labor union assets. Between May 2020 and May 2025, Kenneth Mattoon, 67, of West Yarmouth, embezzled funds from the Barnstable Massachusetts Department of Public Works Employees Local Number 3003

United States of America v. Edward John Kay

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violaition of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2)(B), which provides: (A) places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to— (i) that person; (ii) an immediate family me

United States of America v. Jesse El-Ghoul

Worcester, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Jesse El-Ghoul, 31, owned and operated Affordable Motor Group in Leominster, Mass. and owed back taxes for the business. On March 29, 2024, El-Ghou

United States of America v. Urvishkumar Vipulkumar Patel

Springfield, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In early 2024, an elderly Berkshire County resident received a pop-up message on his computer claiming that his computer was frozen and directing him to call the number prov

United States of America v. John Michael Sacco

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion. John Michael Sacco, 54, formerly of Quincy, managed construction projects under the name JMS Contracting. From 2014 through 2021, Sacco received over $9 million from JMS’s customers. Rather than d

United States of America v. Stephen L. Hochberg

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruction of justice. Stephen Hochberg, age 77, of Marlborough, and Charles D. Katz agreed in as early as 2014 to cheat the IRS. They agreed that Hochberg, who

United States of America v. Lonnie Smith-Matthews

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Lonnie Smith-Matthews, 33, was charged with two counts of wire fraud; one count of theft of government funds; two counts of bank fraud; an

United States of America v. Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which it was not eligible. Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on Mar

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Hedweens Quetant, 21, charged with manslaughter. Witnesses told Massachusetts State Police that they saw the 2019 Honda Civic driven by the defendant crash into the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by the victim on I-93 North n

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Stefon Diggs, was charged with assault and battery with attempted strangulation.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Stefon Diggs

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Stefon Diggs, who is charged with with felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery involving a dispute with his personal chef.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Aamir Sylvia and Atiana Suazo adn

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with armed carjacking in Dorchester. One suspect pointed a gun at the victim and that a second suspect was armed, according to the Boston Police Department. The suspects fled the scene with the stolen vehicle, which w

United States of America v. Santo Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña”

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. anto Leandro Duverge Tejeda, a/k/a “La Niña,” 29, was indicted on two counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of

United States of America v. Isaiah Johnson

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully purchasing a semi-automatic pistol for an unlicensed individual. In February 2024, Isaiah Johnson, 24, of Merrimack, N.H., purchased a tan-colored 9-millimeter Glock 19X semi-automatic pistol from a g

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Brian Walshe

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Brian Walshe was accused of killing his wife Ana Walshe, age 39,, who went missing on January 1, 2023, and whose body was never found. Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Mass

United States of America v. Cory Primo

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking conspiracy. From in and around April 2023 until August 2023, Cory Primo, 43, of Fall River, conspired with others to traffic a Massachusetts adult woman and two minors. Primo indicated that she

Yoav G. Stearns v. Harvard University

Boston, Massachusetts civil rights lawyers represented the the Plaintiff who accused university of acting with indifference to his complaints about campus protesters who he said had harassed him because he is Jewish. Yoav G. Stearns v. Harvard University refers to a significant antisemitism lawsu

United States of America v. Spinefrontier, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with giving kickbacks in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b. An executive may have impliedly waived a corporation's attorney-client privilege by indicating his intent to invoke an "

United States of America v. Li Wen Tang, a/k/a Tony Tang

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery. Tang pled committed two robberies, roughly an hour apart with co-defendants Jonas Nunez and Alfeu Barbosa, at massage businesses in Brookline and Stoneham, Massachusetts.

Cayse Llorens v. Lexshare, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination Civil Rights Act violation theory.

United States of America v. Lerei Gooding

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with, conspiracy to distribut and posses with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and other controlled substance.

Jason R. Nelson v. Navistar, Inc., et al.

Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on product liability theories. AI Overview Massachusetts product liability law holds manufacturers, distributors, and sellers strictly liable for injuries caused by defective products, meaning you don't need to prove

United States of America v. Patrick Harris

Worcester, Massachusetts, pro se Defendant without a lawyer represented himself on a charged of possession of materials constituting child porn.

Colleen M. Strapponi and Mark Strapponi v. Town of Blackstone, et al.

Worcester, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories. This case was filed in the Worcester Superior Court, 2485CV01203 and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.