Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant. age 33, of Fayetteville, West Virginia, charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography.

On April 1, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at William Lawrence Bryant’s residence and seized multiple digital media devices including computers, cell phones, and ext... More...    $0 (08-22-2023 - WV)

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

Robert Wood, of Morgantown, West Virginia was charged in March 2022 with one count Assistant U.S. Attorneys Zelda E. Wesley and Sarah E. Wagner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The FBI's Northern West Virginia Drug Task Force in partnershi... More...    $0 (11-10-2022 - WV)

Bluefield, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for attempted enticement of a West Virginia minor to engage in sexual activity. Kenneth Owens, 58, of Surveyor, must also register as a sex offender.

A federal jury found Owens guilty of attempted enticement of a minor on April 7, 2022. Evidence at trial established that Owens attempted to entice a 15-year... More...    $0 (07-21-2022 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with interception of oral communications.

Randall Dwight Holden II, age 33, admitted to secretly recording a video of a woman engaged in sexually explicit conduct in her Logan County home on November 25, 2017. The video was later uploaded to the internet without the victim’s knowledge. The video was one of s... More...    $0 (06-23-2022 - WV)

Elkins, WV: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failing to register as a sex offender.More...    $0 (09-23-2021 - WV)

Charleston, WV: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
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Abingdon, Virginia child porn possession charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jason Kelly Inman, age 40, who was charged with sexual exploitation of children.

Inman, from North Carolina man, used the popular social media messaging app Snapchat to solicit minors to send him sexually explicit photographs and videos in exchange for expensive gifts.

“This defendan... More...    $0 (04-15-2021 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia possession of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Christopher Ryan Christian Counts, 29, of Charleston, was charged with multiple counts for possession of 259 images and 14 videos of child pornography, many of which depicted prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Some of the images and videos contained scenes depicting mino... More...    $0 (04-15-2021 - WV)

Charleston, WV - The United States of America charged Benjamin Franklin Thomas with possession of child porn.

A Cedar Grove man pled guilty to possession of child pornography. Benjamin Franklin Thomas, 32, pled guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in January 2019.

“Make no mistake, we’re coming after those that sexually exploit children,” said United States Attorne... More...    $0 (03-14-2020 - WV)

Charleston, WV - Mingo County woman sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor

A Mingo County woman was sentenced February 13, 2018 to six years in federal prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for a sex trafficking crime involving a minor. Misty Dawn Baisden, 40, of Delbarton, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in se... More...    $0 (02-14-2018 - WV)

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Patrick W. Ganim, 30, of, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison for traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor female, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Ganim communicated with a minor female residing in the Northern District of West Virginia utilizing a variety of internet ... More...    $0 (10-22-2015 - WV)

Petitioner and plaintiff below (L. Linda Mays) by counsel, Jeffrey V. Mehalic, appeals two orders entered in the Circuit Court of Cabell County.1 In one order, dated May 23, 2014, the circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of respondent and defendant below (The Marshall University Board of Governors) on petitioner’s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress.2 In its other order... More...    $0 (10-20-2015 - WV)

Charleston, WV - A 58-year old Kanawha County man, Ronnie Eugene Naylor, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced.

Naylor previously admitted that on April 10, 2014, he possessed over 600 images and videos of prepubescent minors engaged in sexual acts. The vid... More...    $0 (08-20-2015 - WV)

Clarksburg, WV - Monongalia County man convicted of possession of child pornography

Daniel Frohnhofer, 44, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was convicted of possession of child pornography.

Frohnhofer was previously convicted of “Criminal Sexual Penetration” in 1996 in New Mexico, “Felony Menacing – Real/Simulated Weapon” in 2008 in Colorado, “Failure to Comply with Sex Offender Reg... More...    $0 (08-16-2015 - WV)

CLARKSBURG, WV – Patrick W. Ganim, 29, of, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was convicted of traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor female.

Ganim communicated with a minor female residing in the Northern District of West Virginia utilizing a variety of internet resources and online messaging tools. In October 2014, Ganim traveled across state lines from Ohio i... More...    $0 (06-08-2015 - WV)

CHARLESTON, W. Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that John E. Swain II, 52, of Charleston, West Virginia was sentenced by United States District Judge Thomas Johnston to three years of probation for impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. On April 14, 2014, Swain chased a Ford Explorer on I-77, while the passenger in Swain’s car waived a badge that appeared to belon... More...    $0 (03-18-2015 - WV)

Bluefield, W.Va. - A 19-year old Mercer County man, Joshua Dwayne Poff, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Today’s sentence was handed down by Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber in Bluefield.

Poff previously admitted that on January 10... More...    $0 (04-02-2015 - WV)

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that a 50-year old Mercer County man, Charles Edward Lawrence, was sentenced today to six and half years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Today’s sentence was handed down by Senior United States District Judge David A. Faber i... More...    $0 (04-02-2015 - WV)

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Bernie George Baier, 51, of Wheeling, was convicted in federal court today of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

An investigation by the Wheeling Police Department, the West Virginia State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that Baier obtained a wireless Internet password from his n... More...    $0 (03-30-2015 - WV)

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – Lindsey Dale Bowling, 30, of Princeton, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Bowling admitted that on Nov. 22, 2013, he possessed images and videos of prepubescent minors engaged in sexual acts. The images were contained on his personal computer, as well as on multiple storage disks located in his residence in Princeton.

Bowling f... More...    $0 (01-22-2015 - WV)

Appellants, Roger and Judy Hoschar (collectively “Appellantsâ€�), filed this civil action in the Circuit Court of Mason County, West Virginia, against Appellee, Appalachian Power Company (“APCOâ€�), and Defendant, Industrial Contractors, Inc. (“ICIâ€�), seeking damages for an infectious lung disease called histoplasmosis that Roger Hoschar (“Mr. Hoscharâ€�) allegedly contracted while worki... More...    $0 (01-07-2014 - WV)

1. Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, et seq., a caller responding to a classified advertisement is not making a “telephone solicitationâ€� in violation of the Act, provided the purpose of the call is to inquire about or offer to purchase the product or service advertised, rather than to encourage the advertiser to purchase, rent, or invest in property, goods or servi... More...    $0 (09-29-2011 - WV)

When Kara Kowalski was a senior at Musselman High School in Berkeley County, West Virginia, school administrators suspended her from school for five days for creating and posting to a MySpace.com webpage called "S.A.S.H.," which Kowalski claims stood for "Students Against Sluts Herpes" and which was largely dedicated to ridiculing a fellow student. Kowalski commenced this action, under 42 U.S.C. Â... More...    $0 (07-27-2011 - WV)

George Privitera sued Jefferson County Commissioner Patsy Noland on a defamation theory claiming that Defendant post untrue statements about her on an Internet posting that reached 289 subscribers. Plaintiff worked as an information technology support specialist for the county on March 11, 2009, the day Noland sent out the e-mail message.

Plaintiff claimed she was defamed and libeled and t... More...    $5000 (12-03-2010 - WV)