Wisconsin Conspiracy Law
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. 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)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. 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> United States of America v. Michael O. Williams
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Michael Williams, age 44, manufactured and distributed kilogram quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and he also distributed pound quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana. Williams was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy that had established distribut... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Justin Kagerbauer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to travel in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. 18 U.S. Code § 2423 - Transportation of minors (a) Transportation With Intent To Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.— A person who knowingly transports an individual who has not attained the age of 18 ... More...
$ (12-07-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18<br> U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.<br> <br> In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Roshan Shah </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Indian National Indicted for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <cente... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - WI)United States of America v. Frederick L. Brewer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant possession and distribution of fentanyl.<br> <br> A jury found Frederick Brewer guilty of various offenses related to the sale and distribution of fentanyl. Specifically, Brewer was convicted of distributing fentanyl, possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl, and participating in a conspiracy to do the same. At the sam... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Tommie L. Haney </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Leading Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking Organization </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wausau Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Leading Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking Organization </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (02-26-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Craig C. Gates </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wausau, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cocaine Trafficking and Firearms Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wausau Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years for Cocaine Trafficking and Firearms Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Craig C. Gates... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Quo Vadis Lewis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Leading Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking Organization </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wausau Man Sentenced to 12 ½ Years for Leading Methamphetamine and Cocaine Trafficking Organization</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (01-06-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Quo Vadis Lewis </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine. He was also sentenced for possessing firearms as a felon. The prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br... More...
$0 (01-06-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Samuel L. Spencer, a.k.a. “Bin Laden†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, as well as conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 45 Years' Imprisonment for Sex Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Shandel L. Mohr </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cocaine Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Marshfield Woman Sentenced to Prison for Cocaine Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Shandel L. Mohr, 32, Marshfield, Wisconsin, was accused of conspiring to... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. John A. Maser </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Madison Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The government's investigation revealed a large-scale drug trafficking organization... More...
$0 (08-29-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Sherman M. Threets </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Oshkosh Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking While Serving a Sentence for a Prior Drug Trafficking Conviction</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Gr... More...
$0 (08-09-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Herlin Hernandez-Trinidad </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Dominican Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison as Member of Maritime Cocaine-Trafficking Conspiracy</h2></center><br> <br> In April 11, 2024, Herlin Hernandez-Trinidad, a/k/... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. John D. Whelan </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and lying to federal agents.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> On March 4, 2024, John D. Whelan (age: 77), a psychiatrist, was sentenced to a term of 48 months' imp... More...
$0 (03-05-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Rodney C. Smith </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a Fraudulent Tax Return Preparer .</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Fraudulent Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison Term </h3></center></i><br> <br> Gregory J. United States District Judge Brett H. Ludwig sentenced Rodney C. Smith... More...
$0 (02-28-2024 - WI)United States of America v. Adrian Edwards
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor. <br> <br> Adrian Edwards, age 40, of Madison, Wisconsin, encountered the 16-year-old victim in Utah in January 2021, when the two were at a mutual friend's house. The victim confided to the defendant that she had a difficult home life and he offered to help her with a place to stay if she ne... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Cornelius Jackson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, and Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking<br> <br> The evidence presented at trial established that between 2014 and 2020, Cornelius Jackson, age 34, of Waukesha, used force, threats of force, fraud, and coercion to compel female victims to engage in co... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Angel J. Escajeda
Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth in violation of: <br> <br> 21 USC 846, which provides:<br> <br> Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this subchapter shall be subject to the same enalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or con... More...
$0 (10-06-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Aminat Omotayo Adeniyi Ajao
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to launder money instruments in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h), which provides:<br> <br> (h) Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the cons... More...
$0 (10-05-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Don A.K. James, Jr. and Frederick L. Brewer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, and distributing fentanyl.<br> <br> In January and February 2022, Frederick L. Brewer, age 34, sold fentanyl pills to an informant working with the Brown County Drug Task Force ("BCDTFâ€). The potentially lethal pills had been il... More...
$0 (06-07-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Antoine L. Jackson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery, three bank robberies, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and conspiracy to retaliate against an informant. <br> <br> Between September 15, 2021, and December 23, 2021, Antoine L. Jackson, age 20, was part of a robbery crew that committed multiple bank robberies in Milwaukee. T... More...
$0 (04-18-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Richard Skramstad
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug distribution.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MadisonFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Madison, Wisconsin"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Madison, Wisconsin<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/wisconsin/ne... More...
$0 (03-09-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Michael R. Chapman
Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with r conspiring to distribute over 13 kilograms of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846.<br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Green_Bay_WI_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse... More...
$0 (03-10-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Antoine L. Jackson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit back robbery, three bank robberies, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and conspiracy to retaliate against an informant. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/wisconsin/news/milwaukee/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Milwaukee</a><br> </... More...
$0 (01-17-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Jose Crespo-Lorenzo, a/k/a “El Colombianoâ€
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of Title 46, United States Code, Section 70506(b).<br> <br> Beginning around October 2019, Crespo-Lorenzo and others sought to coordinate the maritime shipment ... More...
$0 (12-05-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Kyle Ritchie
Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statement during the purchase of a firearm. <br> <br> Between May 23 and 28, 2021, Kyle Ritche, age 31, from Schofield, Wisonsin, purchased four firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers in the Wausau, Wisconsin area. In order to complete the purchases of these firearms, the defendant represented that he ... More...
$0 (10-06-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Krista Sparks
Madison, Wisconsin criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and money laundering.<br> <br> The government's investigation revealed that Krista Sparks, age 28, from Phoenix, Arizona, worked with her boyfriend, Levi Bagne, and others to mail and transport methamphetamine from Phoenix to Wisconsin. On November 12, 2019, and again... More...
$0 (08-26-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Ahmeeshadye Curtis
Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to transport and transporting stolen goods worth in excess of $5,000 across state lines. <br> <br> From November 2019 through December 24, 2019, Ahmeeshadye Curtis, age 36, conspired with Carl Carter, 39, also of Madison, to commit seven burglaries and attempt another of stores in Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wiscon... More...
$0 (08-05-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Carlos Carter
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of firearms.<br> <br> In 2020, federal and state law enforcement agencies started investigating several known cocaine traffickers in Dane County, Wisconsin. As part of this joint investigation, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division o... More...
$0 (07-21-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Douglas Mack and Emily Mack
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. <br> <br> Douglas Mack, 45, Phoenix, Arizona, and Emily Mack, 36, Madison, Wisconsin were charged in January 2021 in a multiple-count indictment with conspiring with each other and with Tonia Greenwood and D'Angelo Lashore to distribute and possess with intent to distribute met... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Tonia Greenwood
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. <br> <br> <br> Tonia Greewood, age 45, from North Freedom, Wisconsin, was indicted in January 2021 in a multiple-count indictment with conspiring with Douglas Mack, Emily Mack, and D'Angelo Lashore to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. For her role... More...
$0 (06-16-2022 - WI)United States of America v. David I. Stone, III
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug distribution conspiracy.<br> <br> David Stone III, 29, St. Paul, Minnesota was distributing heroin and methamphetamine in Northwestern Wisconsin in 2019 and 2020. In February 2020, he was incarcerated on an unrelated matter. Investigators listened to over 3,000 hours of phone calls Stone made from jail and lea... More...
$0 (02-17-2022 - wi)United States of America v. Marcie Leoso
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug distribution.<br> <br> Marcie Leoso, 40, Washburn, Wisconsin was convicted for her role in a heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine conspiracy. Leoso pleaded guilty on September 28, 2021 to conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl.<br> <br> In April and May 2020, Leoso made several trips with her co-conspirator... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Lisa Hofschulz and Robert Hofschulz
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with drug-trafficking conspiracy and "pill mill†operation. <br> <br> Lisa Hofschulz, age 61, and Robert Hofschulz, age 74, were the owners and operators of Clinical Pain Consultants ("CPCâ€), which operated in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Following a 9 day trial in August 2021, a federal jury found Lisa Hofschulz g... More...
$0 (12-17-2021 - WI)United States of America v. Nichole Genz
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Nichole Genz, age 41, of Evanswille, Wisconsin was indicted for wire fraud against her employer Park Towne Development Corporation (PTD). According to the indictment, PTD was a Madison-based real estate development and management company that focused its real estate efforts on commercial building... More...
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