Wisconsin Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Michael W. Ionetz </h2> </center>
City of Jefferson, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 14 counts of possession of child pornography. The charges stemmed from an investigation that was initiated after an agent with the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) downloaded files containing child pornography from a peer-to-peer sharing network. The agent determined that the files cam... More...
$ (03-18-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Travis L. Ingram </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with distributing cocaine, maintaining a drug trafficking premises, and money laundering. Travis L. Ingram, 38, Mosinee, Wisconsin, sold cocaine to a police informant on multiple occasions. At the end of the investigation, police seized over a pound of cocaine, a scale, and other evidence of drug dealing from Ingrams... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lenard R. Monroe </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Unite States and making payments to non-physicians. Lenard R. Monroe, age 52, owned Wellness Personal Care Service, which falsely billed Medicaid for thousands of hours of home healthcare services that were never performed. Monroe also paid codefendant Phillip Daniels more than $600,000 in illega... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Jacob T. Anderson </h2> </center>
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with homicide by use of a vehicle while having a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood. Jacob T. Anderson, was driving a work truck when he crossed over the centerline of a two-lane highway and collided with a car driven by Erin M. Schroeder. Schroeder was trapped in her car after the ... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Stanton </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer who was serving on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Andrew Stanton, age 38, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, posted a video to TikTok in which he stated, “We’re not getting through to them [politicians] with... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Ashley Straub
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of mail or newspapers. Ashley Straub, 25, Onalaska, Wisconsin, worked as a mail carrier at the La Crosse Post Office. In February 2025, Straub opened numerous items of mail and stole $350 in cash and several gift cards. At the sentencing, Judge Boor noted that theft by mail carriers erodes trust ... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Morrell D. Johnson, a/k/a "Money"
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of children by force or coercion. Morrell D. Johnson (35), a.k.a. “Money,” a notorious human trafficker on Milwaukee’s south side, was also a drug trafficker who sold heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Johnson recruited addicted women to perform commercial sex acts, promising them housing, pro... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Dametri G. Horton
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession of a firearm. Dametri G. Horton, age 34, was found guilty of committing a commercial business armed robbery. The evidence established that on November 20, 2022, Horton entered a Walgreens in the City of Milwaukee, approached a cashier, bran... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - WI)State of Illinois v. Akrystal Woods
Wheaton, Illinouis, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Akrystal Woods, 19, accused in connection with the killing of Obaidulla F. Shareef on Feb. 4 in Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois.... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Jorge Eleodoro Baez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense attorney represents the defendant charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Melissa Basilo Ruiz, 44, of Madison, accused of shooting and killing man on Primorse Lane.... More...
$ (01-26-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Brandi Ellis
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Quinn represented the Defendant Brandi Ellis who is charged with bank fraud, larceny and theft, and fraud with identification documents. Brandi Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-p... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - Wi)United States of America v. Cory Kromray
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Cory Kromray, age 39, Minocqua, Wisconsin, engaged in in investment fraud scheme that defrauded people out of $828,266.71. Kromray used social media and other online communications to falsely portray himself as a successful trader in stocks, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and th... More...
$ (02-07-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a "Goldi"
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a “Goldi” (age: 29), frequently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, where he purchased large quantities of fentanyl pills. Chambers then shipped the pills to v... More...
$ (02-07-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Michael Joseph Gasper
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. ¶2 Gasper was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography1 and nine counts of child exploitation based upon the content on his cell phone.2 Law enforcement obtained a warrant for his cell phone after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCME... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Juan Kennedy, Taylor Lucase and Samuel Spears
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes. Juan Kennedy, 61-year-old, 30-year-old Tylor Lucas and 48-year-old Samuel Spears were each charged with one count each of the same felony: using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The Defandants made their initial court appearances on Monday. Kennedy's bond was set at $2,000, while bo... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Dashawn Conner
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of felony murder and a gun possession felony. Dashawn Conner, previously convicted and released from prison for armed robbery, is now charged after two people were shot and killed during an attempted robbery.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Derrick Newton
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking. Derrick Newton, 55, charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, one felony count of taking and driving a vehicle without the owner's consent, one felony count of possession of a firearm as a felon, and one misdemeanor count of violating a harassment order.... More...
$ (01-26-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Marcos Gonzalez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Between December 2023 and June 2024, Gonzalez served as the leader of a conspiracy that trafficked more than thirty kilograms of cocaine from the southern border to Dane County, Wisconsin. As part of the conspiracy, Gonzalez arranged for the cocaine to be smuggled from Mexico i... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - Wi)United States of America v. Stephen Hans Jenkins, a/k/a "BMO"
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of material constituting or containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a). Stephen Hans Jenkins, a.k.a. BMO, 40, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, was a long-time family friend of Minors A, B, and C. Eventually, Jenkins began sexually assaulting Minor A. One-night, Minor A was looking at Jenkins... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Troy Schaden
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with purchasing child abuse material (CSAM). Troy Schaden (age: 43), a nurse from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) from an individual in the United Kingdom. After reviewing electronic devices seized during the execution of a search warrant at Schaden’s home, law enforcement disco... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Brandon M. Boogren
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and (e), which provides: (a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign ... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Donte Patterson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a machine gun to commit a carjacking. Donte Patterson (age 33), committed an armed carjacking in Chicago on August 20, 2025, and then traveled to Milwaukee where, on the following day, Patterson committed a second armed carjacking and then an armed robbery in West Milwaukee. During each of the carjacking... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Jose Cardenas-Salcido
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with: 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846 and 18:2(a) - CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL (1) 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), 851, 18:2(a) - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (1s) 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and 18:2(a) - CON... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)<H2> State of Wisconsin v. Charles Dupriest
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eight counts of child neglect. Charles Dupriest, age 33, was charged with leaving his six children in a storage unit last year when he and their mother fell on financial hardships.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Francesco Anglin
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. In March 15, 2025, a Maple Bluff police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle fled and ultimately crashed in downtown Madison with the two occupants running from the scene. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded 9mm handgun. They ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Hector L. Duarte
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution. Hector L. Duarte (age 35) of Union Grove, Wisconsin, is alleged to have used force, threats of force, and fraud to cause an adult victim to engage in commercial sex acts between approximately May 31, 2025, and June 25, 2025, ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Tabithe Mabb
La Crosse, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson. Tabithe Mabb faces one felony count of arson of building without owner's consent as a party to a crime.... More...
$ (01-09-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Kendell Crosby
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances.... More...
$ (01-06-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Ayesha Raymond
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of mail.... More...
$ (01-06-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Randi L. Cook
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, coercing or enticing a minor for unlawful sexual activity, and production of child pornography. on December 23, 2025, Randi L. Cook (age: 24) of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was charged in a criminal complaint with interstate travel with intent to e... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Alfredo Juarez-Perez
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentering the United States illegally for ht third time. Following an indictment in October 2025 on a new illegal reentry charge, a magistrate judge ordered Juarez-Perez released, concluding that the immigration detainer precluded a finding that he presented a risk of flight in his criminal case. The distric... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - WI)<H2> Aidan Forsyth, er rel. United States of America v. Greenland LA Metropolis Hotel Development LLC, Greenland US Management LLC, and Greenland LA Metropolis Development III
Milwuakee, Wisconsin qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sue on a False Claims Act Violation theory. The Greenland USA Entities own and develop real estate projects and are part of a large multinational corporation ultimately owned by the Greenland Holding Group Company Limited, a Chinese company with tens of thousands of employees worldwide. In applying for their PPP loans, the Gr... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Aquanis M. Williams a/k/a “Pirate”
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r distributing controlled substances. From January through May of 2025, Aquani M. Williams, aka Pirate, distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On May 29, 2025, agents searched Williams’ residence and seized three firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, approximately $4,5... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WI)United States of America v. Hannah Dugan
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee state judge was accused of helping a man avoid arrest by ICE. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1071, the government must establish the following four essential elements: (1) a federal warrant has been i... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WI)<H2> Danette Olson v. Warehouse Specialists, L.L.C.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act claim.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Adam A. Locke
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commercial by threat or violence.... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Mercedzes M. Hankins
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Sperka Marek
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus/... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - wi)<H2> State of Wisconsin v. Zion L. Mather-Fox, Tony K. Caldwell, and Daequan D. Lewis
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Zion L. Mather-Fox, 18, Tony K. Caldwell, 17, and Daequan D. Lewis, 17, were apprehended after police said they pistol-whipped and robbed a woman.... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Kordarow Moore
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Kordarow Moore, age 36, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal lim... More...
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