Washington Child Custody Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Hammond </h2> </center>
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21:846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A). Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Daniel Hammond had the ability to order up multi-pound quantities of methampheta... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> State of Washington v. Hayden Aaron Erlandson </h2> <center>
Yakima, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with econd degree attempted rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, following a “Net Nanny” sting operation where he communicated with an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=... More...
$ (06-16-2026 - WA)<H2> <CENTER> United States of America v. Akeatha Diane Akintola </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing the Social Security benefits intended for a disabled minor. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Akeatha Diane Akintola became a social worker for the Snoqualmie Tribe in January 2023. In September 2023, A... More...
$ (06-19-2026 - wa)United States of America v. Dylan Rex
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of Wire Fraud; seven counts of Computer Fraud; one count of Possession of Child Pornography; and one count of Attempted Enticement of a Minor. Between July 2020 and March 2023, Dylan Rex, age 32, of La Center, Washington, defrauded over 170 victims of their private and intimate photos and videos sto... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Rogelio Pena
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Rogelio Pena, 22, distributed large amounts of fentanyl pills. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen people who was indicted in the case in May 2024. The 18-month wiretap investigation revealed that Pena was a trusted member of the conspiracy both for delivering drugs and for having access t... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin
Spokane, Washinngton, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Tawhnee Willow Colvin, of Davenport, Washington, was convicted by a jury on all twenty-six counts charged following a trial in September 2025. As evidence presented at the trial established, Colvin was employed as Assistant Director of the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human S... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Talisa Manuella Munoz
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international kidnapping. Talisa Manuella Munoz, failed to return the boy to his father as required by the final parenting plan. She secretly flew to Panama after using false documents to get the child a passport. Munoz, was supposed to return the child to his father on September 8, 2025, following a weeke... More...
$ (01-18-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Steven E. Graham
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and firearm charges. In late November 2023, Steven E. Graham, age 40, of Wenatchee, Washington, was serving a term of community custody supervision from a prior state drug conviction. Members of the Columbia River Drug Task Force were investigating Graham not only for drug trafficking, but beca... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Kenneth H. Crause
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. The Spokane Police Department Special Investigations Unit had an active drug trafficking investigation into Kenneth H. Crause, age 55, who was already on federal supervision for a prior drug trafficking conviction. Based on that investigation offi... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Anthony Raymond Dodd, et al.
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking and firearms violations. The longest sentence, ten years, was imposed on Anthony Raymond Dodd, 36, of Seattle. Dodd was convicted of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on July 25, 2025 following a three-day t... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple, Charles Lon Seltz </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.<br> <br> Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff's Office, and Special... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila </h1></h1>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse<br> <br> A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.<br> <br> On September 24, 2025, the Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County She... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Demitri Super </h1></h1>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse<br> <br> A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Katie AL. Sims
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree malicious mischief.<br> <br> SPD officers responded to an auto dealership located in the 1300 block of West 3rd Avenue on what was initially reported as an argument. Officers contacted the complainant and were advised that as two subjects were arguing near the dealership, one of them began throwing roc... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl<br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty pleas to ... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Kathleen Ardith Albert </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington – criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. <br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Federal Jury Convicts Former Assistant Director of Spokane Tribe's Division of Child and Family Services of Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement</h2... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - WA)Lopez Jimenez v. Sanchez Guarneros
Richland, Washington family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act case.<br> <br> The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a U.S. federal law that implements the<br> Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, providing a legal framework for the prompt return of children who have been wrongfully removed or r... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Michael McClain </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine, Illegally Possessing a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Spokane Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine, Illegally Possessing a Firearm</h2></center></b... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Veniamin Nicolay Gaidaichuk
Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r second degree attempted rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. <br> <br> On November 17, 2019, Gaidaichuk traveled from Bellevue to Yakima to meet with someone named "Anna" at a designated address. Anna had informed him on several prior occasions that she was thirteen years old. While ... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Jose Lile </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing unapproved electronic devices </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><br> <b><center></i><b> </b> Registered sex offender charged federally with possession of images of child sexual abuse</h2></center></b></b> <br> <br> A 34-year-old Kirkland, Washington man a... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - WA)<h1> 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></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> United States of America v. Mohammed Asif </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian citizen charged in multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Indian national indicted for health care fraud will make... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Mohamed Abdirisak Mohamed </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, two counts of unlawful possession of firearms, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final 'in-custody' defe... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Quincy Jefferson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with strangulation attack on intimate partner </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Member of Lummi Nation sentenced to prison for strangulation attack on intimate partner </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A member of Lummi Nat... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis Aguilar Huisa </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and one count of money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man caugh... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel John Kraft </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Possession of Child PornographyReceiving and Possessing Sexually Explicit Material from Minors </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tonasket Man Charged with Receiving and Possessing ... More...
$0 (03-17-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Lamara Allen Thompson
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography.<br> <br> An individual convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) for production of child pornography is subject to a mandatory<br> term of imprisonment of at least 15 years. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e), that mandatory term is increased to at least 25<br> years if that individual "has o... More...
$0 (02-10-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Andres Burgos-Silva </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threats, Extortion, and Production and Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Othello Man Indicted on 11 Criminal Counts for Threats, Extortion, and Production and Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h... More...
$0 (02-28-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas J. Kloepfel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Drug Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Acting United States Attorney Richard Barker ... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas James Thieschafer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production and Attempted Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Valley Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Production and Attempted Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></ce... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Gary Clark
Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child sexual abuse.<br> <br> Gary Clark, the former mayor of Zillah, Washington was charged with multiple counts of first-degree rape and two counts of indecent exposure.... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Keith Daniel Freerksen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with traveling to sexually abuse a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Michigan man sentenced to 20 years in prison for traveling to sexually abuse a minor who he removed from home in Washington and took back to Michigan </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Valencia Rosas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of drug trafficking ring that used social media to communicate and advertise wares sentenced to 10 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> he leader of a... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan Freeman Hunt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On January 22, 202... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Geordell Devon Arthur </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Sexual Contact with a 13-Year-Old Child </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wapato Man Sentenced to Prison for Making Unlawful Sexual Contact with a 13-Year-Old Child</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United State... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Sean Michael Moinette </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Midlevel leader of drug distribution ring sentenced to 12 years in prison for distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Johnathan Freeman Hunt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> United States Distric... More...
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