Washington Armed Robbery Law
<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kathleen Ardith Albert </h1></center></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Abetting Assault with a Firearm <br> <br> United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that on September 15, 2025, District Court Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Kathleen Ardith Albert, of Toppenish, Washington, to five years of federal probation for Aiding and Abetting Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. Alb... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Vincent Nicholas Petrushkin, aka Vincint Petrushkin, aka Vincent Petrushkin </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Randy Holmes told a confidential informant for the<br> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<br> (“ATFâ€) that he needed a gun to conduct a robbery, and ATF<br> set up a sting firearm transaction at a Motel 6 in Spokane on<br> November 5, 2021. Holmes... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - wa)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jered Shay Picard </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assaulting His Intimate Partner with a Firearm and Attempted Witness Tampering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Nespelem Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Assaulting His Intimate Partner with a Firearm and Attempted Witness Ta... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - WA)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Andrew Vincent Auerbach, Daryl Edward Boone, James M. Ferguson, Nathan Carlson Johnson, James Lelacheur, Christopher Wayne O’Neal, Gabriella Sherif Rizkalla, Roland Dewayne Sanders, Bernie Ray Shaw Jr., Courtney A. Wheeler, Andrew Lee Williams, Anthony Dale Williams </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged wit distribution of 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, Possess with Intent to Distribute 40 Grams or More of Fentanyl, Distribution of 5 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphe... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Nicholas Andrew Anardi </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Detonating Homemade Bomb </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Moses Lake Man Who Detonated Homemade Bomb with Shrapnel Sentenced to Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Stan... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Brady Baughman </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery Affecting Commerce and one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute 30 Grams or More of Fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Involved in Robbery of Large Amount of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to F... More...
$0 (10-10-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Bryan Wokal </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery of Kalispel Market</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On January 2, 2024, Bryon Wokal walked into the Kalispel Market on the Kalispel Indian Rese... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Cuong Quoc Cao </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing drugs in downtown Seattle while armed with a handgun </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final federal defendant from “Operation New Day†sentenced to five years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D. </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme that Harmed Me... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - WA)<h2> <center> State of Washington v. Christopher Martin </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> Christopher Martin, age 35, was accused of assaulting people at a transit station with a hammer and killing one person.<br> <br> Martin walking in the area of 4th Avenue and Pike Street waving a hammer and yelling at people. Martin then approached the victim, 53-year... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Ashton Connor Garcia </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with extensive illegal harassing activity </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bremerton Washington, man sentenced to 3 years in prison for extensive swatting campaign targeting victims in US and Canada</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (06-05-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Sean James Edwards </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Fentanyl Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Was... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Alexis Nunez </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing a Firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Gang Member Who Threatened to Burn Down a Yakima Bar Sentenced to 57 Months for Illegally Possessing a Firearm </h3></center></i><br> <br> Alexis Nunez, 23, was sentenced after... More...
$0 (03-13-2024 - WA)<h1><center> United States of America v. Reily William Arambul </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Gun Offender.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> On May 9, 2023, Armbul met a man at a friend’s house, who he asked for a ride to an apartment complex near West 5th Avenue in Spokane. When they arrived, Arambul walked up to the apartment complex... More...
$0 (01-31-2024 - WA)<h2><center> Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al. </h2></center>
Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021.<br> <br> The Complaint:<br> <br> Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT... More...
$4000000 (07-11-2023 - WA)<h2><center> State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine </h2></center>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny†Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.<br> <br> The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.<br> <br> 2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Cart... More...
$0 (12-21-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jade Alexander Beavin </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for persistently dealing drugs while armed.<br> <br> Jade Alexander Beavin was caught three different times, twice with distribution amounts of narcotics while also carrying firearms. Beavin is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a lengthy criminal history. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Rich... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Erick Guerrero-Acosta </h2></center>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine while armed with a handgun.<br> <br> Erick Guerrero-Acosta was arrested November 22, 2022, with 14 kilos of fentanyl powder and pills and seven kilos of methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle cited the “graveâ€... More...
$0 (08-28-2023 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Mendoza-Ruelas </h2> </center>
Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant with Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, and 5 Kilograms or More of Cocaine.<br> <br> Jose Mendoza-Ruelas, age 38, was part of a large drug trafficking organization that involved a legitimate landscaping business used to cover up the organization’s drug t... More...
$0 (05-04-2023 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Santos Gutierrez-Fosella </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking while armed with multiple firearms.<br> <br> Santos Gutierrez-Fosella, age 24, of Mount Vernon, Washington, was indicted with two others on March 30, 2022. Robert Johnny was purchasing pills from Gutierrez-Fosella. He was sentenced in January 2023, to six years in prison. A third co-defendant, Steven Lo... More...
$0 (03-29-2023 - WA)STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Donovan Ben Patrick ALLEN, Petitioner.
¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have convicted Donovan Allen of aggravated first degree murder upon the evidence properly admitted in this case.   Allen confessed to killing his mother but challenges, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence that this killing was premeditated and aggravated by robbery.   We affirm.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (11-30-2006 - WA)<h2> <center> Sate of Washington v. Donovan Allen </h2> </center>
At 12:58 p.m. on February 7, 2000, 18-year-old Donovan Allen called 911 and reported that he found his 49-year-old mother, Sharon Cox, injured and bleeding on the floor of her bedroom in Longview, Washington.<br> <br> Emergency personnel were unable to revive Cox. An autopsy later showed that she had been struck four times in the head with a blunt object and manually strangled. There were signs of... More...
$0 (12-31-2002 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guillermo Valdez </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute 500 or More Grams of Methamphetamine and two counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), which provides:<br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> <br> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment fo... More...
$0 (10-18-2022 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Elton James Wahpat </h2> </center>
Yakima, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of Ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), which provide:<br> <br> (a) It shall be unlawful—<br> <br> (1) for any person—<br> <br> (A) except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufactur... More...
$0 (08-26-2022 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Iterance Roy Howard </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 911(g)(1), which provides:<br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> <br> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;<br> <br> (2) who is a fugitive from justice;<br> <br> (... More...
$0 (02-17-2022 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Clifton Frank Peter </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of second-degree murder.<br> <br> Clifton Frank Peter, agte 37, of Wapato, Washington, is an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation and has a violent criminal history. In 2011, he was convicted in Yakima County Superior Court of First-Degree Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and Theft ... More...
$0 (08-24-2022 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Bernard Ross Hansen a/k/a Ross B. Hansen Diane Renee Erdmann </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with engaging in a Ponzi-like scheme that defrauded customers of millions of dollars.<br> <br> Bernard Ross Hansen, 61, aka Ross B. Hansen was convicted of multiple counts of wire and mail fraud after a four-week jury trial in July 2021. Hansen’s co-defendant and partner, Vault Manager Diane Renee Erdmann, 49, was... More...
$0 (06-06-2022 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Kevin Antoine Jones </h2></center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with <br> fraud and identity theft.<br> <br> A 33-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kevin Antoine Jones used information from a bank insider so that he and his underlings coul... More...
$0 (01-19-2022 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jason Richard Sandoval </h2></center>
Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Jason Richard Sandoval, 46, of Albuquerque, was contacted by Bannock County Sheriffs deputies on May 7, 2020 near Yoxall Road in Downey, Idaho. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call that Sandoval was claiming to have a bomb and acting erratically. Deputies a... More...
$0 (12-17-2021 - WA)<h2><center> United States of America v. Kyle Steven Scott Cate </h2></center>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with carjacking and felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Kyle Steven Scott Cate, age 30, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was charged with Carjacking and Felon in Possession of a Firearm following Cate’s guilty pleas to two federal indictments earlier this year.<br> <b... More...
$0 (12-02-2021 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Al M. Talaga </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle.<br> <br> A 33-year-old Kent, Washington man was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle. Al M. Talaga was arrested in September 2020, following an investigation... More...
$0 (08-18-2021 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Al M. Talaga </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for being a felon in possession of a firearm during civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle.<br> <br> Al M. Talaga, age 33, was arrested in September 2020, following an investigation of events that began June 1, 2020. At the sentencing hearing today U.S. District Judge James L. Robart told him, “You canâ€... More...
$0 (08-13-2021 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bobbie Anson Pease </h2> </center>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Bobbie Anson Pease, age 52, admited that in September 2018, he used a baseball bat and gun to murder a 34-year-old woman on federal land, part of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). <br> <br> According to the plea agreement, Pease was sharing a ho... More...
$0 (07-30-2021 - WA)<h2><center> Salina Savage, er al. United States of America v. CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company </h2></center>
Spokane, WA: CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC), a prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, has agreed to pay $3,038,270 million to resolve allegations that CHPRC violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and fraudulent small business subcontract reports.<br> <br> In 2008, CHPRC, a Washington subsidiary of CH2M Hill Companies Ltd., which is headquarter... More...
$0 (06-09-2021 - WA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Kelly Thomas Jackson </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington "Molotov Cocktail" possession charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kelly Thomas Jackson, age 21, who was charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device in violation of 26 U.S.C. 2561 and 5845.<br> <br> Jackson was arrested in September 2020 when he was identified as the person who used Molotov cocktails to burn two Seattle Police vehicles in downtown ... More...
$0 (04-01-2021 - WA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Eric Henry Woodberry </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Seattle, WA - rmed robber sentenced to 11+ years in prison for Mountlake Terrace cannabis store robbery<br> <br> Defendant and co-defendant caught hiding nearby after forcing store staff onto the floor at gunpoint<br> <br> One of two men who robbed a marijua... More...
$0 (09-28-2019 - WA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Qifeng Li, Xiamin Huang and Qiwei Li </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Seattle, WA - Members of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Prison<br> <br> Defendants used Cash from China to Purchase and Operate Marijuana Grow Houses – Set up Shipping Company to Move Thousands of Pounds of Black Market Marijuana to East... More...
$0 (06-18-2019 - WA)<center> <h2> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROBERT LAWRENCE VEDEROFF </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Vederoff was charged with and pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in ... More...
$0 (02-04-2019 - WA)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Abdirashid Haret </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Seattle, WA - Man who Held ATF Undercover Agent and Confidential Informant at Gunpoint Pleads Guilty<br> <br> October 20, 2017 Incident in Lowe’s Parking Lot in Kent, Resulted in Injuries to Two Assailants<br> <br> One of two men who attempted to rob ... More...
$0 (12-31-2018 - WA)<Center><h2>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KEVIN TERRELL PETERSON</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg.png"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2> <center> <h2> <br> <font color="red">Sooner Cannabis Consultants</a> <br> <center><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Ed&l=Couse&i=28585&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Click Here For Expert Help</a> </font> <br> 918-960-5038 </h2> </center> </font>
Peterson also challenges his sentence of 48 months’ imprisonment imposed for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court concluded that Peterson’s prior conviction for firstdegree robbery was a “crime of violence” as that term is defined by U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“Sentencing Guidelines” or “U.S.S.G.”) section 4B1.2(a) w... More...
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