Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

The Defendant entered into a plea agreement with the Department of Justice but claimed that the Government breached the parties’ plea agreement by successfully seeking two Sentencing Guidelines enhancements based... More...    $0 (07-02-2025 - WV)

Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a career offender.

Rashun Suncar was convicted and the district court’s decided to apply the career offender
enhancement to his federal drug conviction. The court did so because Suncar had two prior
Pennsylvania state convictions for delivery of a controlled substance, in violation of 35... More...    $0 (07-03-2025 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine.

On October 7, 2022, Jonathon Dewayne Eads, 37, of Charleston, sold approximately 227 grams of methamphetamine for $1,500 to a confidential informant at a Garrison Avenue residence in Charleston. Eads and his co-defendant sold quantities of methamphetamine totaling app... More...    $0 (12-18-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fentanyl trafficking and unlawful firearm possession.

Robert Edward Maxwell, age 44, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was selling fentanyl from his home. Investigators searched the property and found fentanyl and a pistol. Maxwell has prior felony convictions which prevents him from having firearms.More...    $0 (12-13-2023 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine..

On October 7, 2022, Jonathon Dewayne Eads, 37, of Charleston, sold approximately 227 grams of methamphetamine for $1,500 to a confidential informant at a Garrison Avenue residence in Charleston. Eads and his co-defendant sold quantities of methamphetamine totaling ap... More...    $0 (12-18-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

Christopher Neal Borm, II, age 38, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, a convicted felon, persuaded a female to purchase him a 9mm pistol from a licensed firearms dealer in Morgantown. Investigators searched Boram’s hotel room and found the 9mm pistol’s box, another fir... More...    $0 (11-15-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of firearm during in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Jesse James Wilson, age 40, of Clarksburg, West Virginia was selling methamphetamine in Harrison County and a search of his home yielded drugs, firearms, and ... More...    $0 (11-03-2023 - WV)

Beckley, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 27, 2021, La Percy Demond Allen, also known as “Pete,” 44, of Toledo, Ohio sold approximately 26 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant in Beckley. Alle... More...    $0 (11-03-2023 - WV)

Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled rugs.... More...    $0 (10-24-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Officers engaged in a high-speed chase with Austin Lodge, age 30, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, in Harrison County, which ended with a foot chase. Lodge discarded a backpack during the chase containing methamphetamine.

Assistant U.S. At... More...    $0 (10-24-2023 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug distribution.

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Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug dealing from behind bars.

Anthony Brian Barnett, 37, pleaded guilty in April 2023 to conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in 2019 and for also distributing para-fluorofentanyl, a 10-times more powerful form of fentanyl, in 2022. Barnett will serve his federal sentence after he finishes servi... More...    $0 (08-21-2023 - WV)

Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transferring a firearm in violation of the National Firearms Act.

Shannon Lee Karns, age 56,of Bedford, Pennsylvania, also known as “Ribeye,” sold two unregistered firearm silencers to an undercover officer in Wetzel County. A later search of Karns’s garage uncovered a tool bag with dozens of additio... More...    $0 (08-17-2023 - WV)

Martinsburg, West Virginia riminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Ana Ercilia Luna, age 38, of Haggerstown, Maryland, assisted drug customers at Top 3 Sources, a business in Hagerstown that was being used to distribute hundreds of grams of illegal substances. Luna also smuggled drug proceeds to the Dominican Republic and deposited proceeds into the Top... More...    $0 (08-04-2023 - WV)

Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

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Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with raudulently obtaining $94,197.93 of federal abandoned mine land (AML) remediation sub-grant funds while employed by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

From on or about April 2017 until on or about August 7, 2019, Jerry D. Elkins, age 54, of Daniville, West Virginia, assisted ... More...    $0 (06-02-2023 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl and felony possession of a firearm.

on August 10, 2022, Burroughs sold approximately 102 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant while outside a Charleston business in the informant’s vehicle. Burroughs admitted to that transaction and to an additional sale of approximately 5... More...    $0 (05-25-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to sell large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine in the Morgantown area.

Aaric Murray, 33, of Morgantown West Virginia, and Richard Kirkland Johnson, 26, of Detroit, Michigan, were found guilty of multiple charges during a trial in September 2022.

According to trial testimony... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
On September 7, 2020, Taylor Womack, age 28, of Charleston, West Virginia, possessed a loaded FEG, Model PA-63, 9mm firearm in Amandaville.

Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Womack knew he wa... More...    $0 (05-02-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally having an assault rifle and tampering with a witness to cover up the crime.

Charles Raymond Wable, 62, was found guilty by a federal jury after a two-day trial. Wable, a person prohibited from having firearms because of prior drug convictions, was under supervision by the U.S. Probation Office. ... More...    $0 (04-13-2023 - WV)

Huntington, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.

On May 12, 2022, law enforcement officers pulled over a vehicle driven by Brandon Lamarr McCauley, a/k/a "Louie," on Fifth Avenue in Huntington. McCauley admitted that he possessed approximately 62 grams of suspected heroin, which he had divided into multiple ba... More...    $0 (04-12-2023 - WV)