Washington Cocaine Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marlon Arteaga-Calix </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States without permission in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. Marlon Arteaga-Calix was removed from the U.S. in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2018, and 2021. After returning he has convictions for multiple drug offenses involving cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl. The severity of the ... More...
$ (08-27-2026 - WA)<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. Travis Jason Stough </h2> </center>
Montesano, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. 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> Mr. Stough and Stephanie Olson[1] were romantically involved until May 2023 and would often use methamphetamine together.... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed drug trafficking. 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> Giovanni Antonio Garduno Garcia, age 37, was arrested in May 2025 following a law enforcement investigation of trafficking narcotics to vulnerable peopl... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - 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)<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)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Bailey, Yehoshua Kilp </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug distribution </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Leader of third cell of Aryan prison gang Leader of third cell of Aryan prison gang drug distribution ring sentenced to 14 years in prison ring sentenced to 14 years in prison</h2></center></b... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. KhaliilAhmed, aka “Bossup â€, Yohannes Wondimagegnehu, aka “Jon†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with violent drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> First two members of violent drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Tw... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - 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. Santana Sandoval, Kevin Torres Velasquez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Everett residents charged federally for drug distribution activities involving multiple kilos of fentanyl powder</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Bryson Gill </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs sent... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Esquivel-Bolanos (a/k/a “Coloradoâ€) </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Washington Jury Finds Mexican National with Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hu... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - 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. Angel Ramon Barajas-Zarate, Hector Sanchez-Mendez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with trafficking large amounts of drugs across Eastern Washington trafficking large amounts of drugs across Eastern Washington </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tri-Cities Based Drug Traffickers Caught with More Than 100,000 Fentanyl Pills, 5... More...
$0 (02-21-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Shawn Ellis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with massive amounts of fentanyl and meth as well as firearms, body armor, and silencer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug distributor caught with massive amounts of fentanyl and meth as well as firearms, body armor, and silencer sentenced ... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - 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. Eric Smith; Sara Thompson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two members of multi-state drug trafficking rings linked to Aryan prison gangs sentenced to lengthy prison terms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two members of drug tr... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - 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. 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></cen... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Francisco Capado-Gonzales </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug trafficker, with two prior convictions, sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin</h2></center></... More...
$0 (12-16-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Carver </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Second-in-command of drug distribution organization tied to Aryan Prison Gang sentenced to 12 years in prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br... More...
$0 (12-16-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Ronnie Griffin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug trafficker who assisted stepson with trafficking ring tied to Aryan prison gangs sentenced to over six years in prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> 66-year-o... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Cuong Quoc Cao </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 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 federal defendant from "Operation New Day†sentenced to five years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Cuong Quoc Cao </h1>
<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> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Xaiver Hunter </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with caught with nearly 100,000 fentanyl pills and five firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Puyallup man caught with nearly 100,000 fentanyl pills and five firearms sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </... More...
$0 (07-21-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Ernesto Casillas </h1>0
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing hundreds of pounds of narcotics to western Washington </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> First of six-member drug trafficking ring bringing hundreds of pounds of narcotics to western Washington sentenced to 8.5 years in prison</h2... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jordy Scott Deboer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Seizure of Large Quantity of Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Spokane Valley, Washington </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Spokane Man Sentenced to More Than 22 Years in Prison Following Seizure of Large Quantity of Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Spokane V... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Ernesto Casillas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking ring </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> First of six-member drug trafficking ring bringing hundreds of pounds of narcotics to western Washington sentenced to 8.5 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Rex Michael Kern, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Mitchell&l=Crook&i=146851&z=99351" target="_new">Mitchell Kyle Crook</a> represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Illegally Possessing Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> College Place Man Sentence... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Dustin Carl Wurges </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyers <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Allyson&l=Baker&i=146836&z=98366" target="_new">Allyson L. Barker</a>, <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Bryan&l=Hershman&i=102300&z=98402" target="_new">Bryan G. Hershman</a>, and <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Scott&l=McGinty&i=14... More...
$0 (05-28-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Adam Wisniewski </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing fentanyl while carrying firearms.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Bellingham, Washington man sentenced to eight years in prison for dealing fentanyl while carrying firearms </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A 42-year-old B... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Faix </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug distribution and firearm crimes .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Had more than 3,200 fentanyl pills, cocaine, meth, and four firearms when his RV was searched by law enforcement </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> <br> A 3... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Witteveen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being distribution ring.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Led investigators on a high-speed chase, tossing drugs from the window as he and passenger tried to get away </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A 38-year-old resident of Maple ... More...
$0 (03-27-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Timothy Robert Laucks </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Seattle, Washington Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with car theft.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> <br> A Seattle man arrested in a car that had been stolen from a Children's Hospital garage, was sentenced on Tuesday January 9, 2024, to eight years in prison, announced Acting U.S. Atto... More...
$0 (01-11-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Alan Gomez-Marentes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Seattle, WashingtonCriminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a conspiracy to district drugs.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Defendant was deported after 2005 conviction in Eastern Washington for distributing cocaine at Washington State University </h2></center></I></b><br> <br> <br> Def... More...
$0 (12-09-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Pedro Fernandez Kent
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <br> On January 15, 2023, Seattle Police were responding to a domestic violence report in North Seattle when they spotted the distinctive car driven by the suspect, Pedro Kent. K... More...
$0 (12-08-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Lee Wallette
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine. <br> <br> In January of 2023, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) developed information that Jody Lee Wallette, 36, of Spokane, Washington, was selling fentanyl-laced pills and ... More...
$0 (11-15-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Raven Marlyne Hudson
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. <br> <br> Raven Marlyne Hudson, 39, pleaded guilty in May 2023, to drug trafficking and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. She was arrested in July 2022, in Seattle's University District, after she rammed a law enf... More...
$0 (08-16-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Jose Mendoza-Ruelas
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 traffick... More...
$0 (05-04-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Rodrigo Alvarez-Quinonez
Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with <br> Drug Trafficking - fentanyl, heroin meth and cocaine.<br> <br> The drug supplier to multiple members of a drug trafficking group distributing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine throughout the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Att... More...
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