St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement.
While working as a nurse at FMC Rochester, Jessica Lynn Larson, age 38, had a compromising sexual relationship with an inmate. Larson and the inmate exchanged sexually explicit love letters in which they professed their love for one another and discussed various sexual acts. In April 20 ...
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(01-27-2026 - MN)
United States of America v. Rusty Todd Johsnon
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false use of a social security number and aggravated identity theft.
Rusty Todd Johnston, 46, was convicted of a felony drug offense in Brooks County, Texas in 2005. He was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence with community supervision. Within months, Johnston absconded from his Texas probation and Texas author ...
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(01-27-2026 - IA)
United States of America v. Christie Engle
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud scheme in which false documents were submitted to the Missouri Department of Revenue to obtain mechanics liens and titles for vehicles that had previously been reported stolen.
Christie Engle, 49, worked as an employee for Dennis Cleveland, the owner of Affordable Towing. Cleveland directed his emp ...
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(01-27-2026 - MO)
United States of America v. Christopher P. Decker
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Christopher P. Decker, 47, was involved in drug trafficking, the Multi-County Narcotics Violent Crime Enforcement Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration bought meth twice from Decker in June of 2021. Each time, Decker sold two ounces of met ...
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(01-27-2026 - MO)
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. ...
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(01-26-2026 - WI)
State of Oklahoma v. Kendrick Oakley
Claremore, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery, one count of assault with intent and 11 counts of peeping tom.
Kendrick Oakley, age 34, served as a pastor at Destiny Life Church's Claremore campus. ...
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(01-26-2026 - ok)
United States of America v. Blake Alan Miller
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abusive sexual contact with a child under 12 in Indian Country.
Blake Alan Miller, 42, of Muscogee, has a lengthy criminal history that spans more than 20 years. In 2016, Miller was arrested and charged in state court on drug-related charges. Shortly after, Miller was indicted and detained in the Eastern District of ...
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(01-26-2026 - ok)
United States of America v. Tyler Shane Wells
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and conspiracy to forcibly assault, resist, impeded, intimidate and interfere with any person in performance of official duties.
Tyler Shane Wells, 33, of Morristown, TN, and Alexander Bonilla-Servin, 18, of Smyrna, TN, conspired:
to conceal and harbor illegal aliens f ...
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(01-25-2026 - TN)
United States of America v. Juan Alvarado-Garcia
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
Juan Alvarado-Garcia, 29, of Madison, Tennessee, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and Samuel Hernandez, 32, of Madison, Tennessee, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession o ...
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(01-25-2026 - TN)
United States of America v. Priestlen Mitchell
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer Rob Eggert represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and drug trafficking.
Between May 7, 2021, and May 8, 2021, Mitchell, a convicted felon, possessed a Century Arms Inc., model Micro Draco, 7.62x39 caliber semiautomatic pistol, an Armalite, model M15A2, 5.56 caliber rifle, and ammunition. Mitchell also possessed with th ...
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(01-25-2026 - KY)
United States of America v. Kwahpreme Mitchell
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
Kwahpreme Mitchell, age 34, of Watervliet, New York, admitted to receiving firearms from Jonathon Combs and Martin Taft that they had stolen from Calamity Jane’s Firearms and Fine Shoes, a federally licens ...
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(01-25-2026 - NY)
State of Indiana v. John Doe
Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eluding.
John Doe attempted to elude arrest by driving at more than 100 mph from Fortville to Indianapolis' near east side.
In Indiana, eluding, fleeing, or resisting law enforcement is typically a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $5,000 in fines
. The charge escalates to a Leve ...
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(01-24-2026 - IN)
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Brian Hampton
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft.
Brian Hampton was arrested after detectives said he stole wire from multiple locations, including AT&T wiring. ...
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(01-23-2026 - KY)
State of Ohio v. Michael McKee
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder.
Michael McKee, age 39, accused of killing Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39.
McKee is the ex-husband of Monique. ...
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(01-23-2026 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Anthony Bryant, and Brittany Smith
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.
Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, Anthony Bryant, age 22, and Brittany Smith, age 36, Destiny Henderson, Nathaniel Poke, and Portria Williams, tortured and killed 21-year-old Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland. ...
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(01-23-2026 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Aaron L. Sharp
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder.
Aaron L. Sharp, who turned 24 years old, shooting a total of four people, including two East Cleveland Police officers. ...
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(01-23-2026 - OH)
State of Arkansas v. Aljon Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank robbery.
Aljon Smith, age 31, was accused of robbing a bank in the 5200 block of Rogers Avenue on January 22, 2026. ...
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(01-23-2026 - AR)
State of Arkansas v. Jonathan Scott, Jr.
Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with capital murder.
Jonathan Scott Jr., age 20, accused of killing a man. ...
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(01-23-2026 - AR)
State of Illinois v. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.
Quadajah "Holly" Johnson, 31, accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street. ...
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(01-23-2026 - IL)
State of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with suspicion of engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes.
James L. Parker was taken into custody without incident and was booked into the Peoria County Jail. ...
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(01-23-2026 - IL)
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. ...
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(01-23-2026 - 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 ...
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(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 ...
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(01-23-2026 - 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 ...
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(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 ...
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(01-23-2026 - WI)
United States of America v. Jason Dawson
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.
Jason Dawson, 38, was setting fire to an insurance office building on East Delmar Avenue in Alton on Nov. 22, 2025. The complaint alleged Dawson was upset about the amount for a life insurance policy cashout after a meeting with employees on Nov. 21 and returned to the office the following day to set ...
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(01-23-2026 - IL)
United States of America v. Christopher Walker
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer Barry McWhirter represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm, possession of a machine gun, and trafficking in marijuana.
In October 2024, ATF agents conducted an undercover operation targeting the sale of Machinegun Conversion Devices (MCD) and illegal drugs. Christopher Walker, 38, of Memphis, sold a confidential inform ...
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(01-23-2026 - TN)
United States of America v. Israel Ortiz Velasco
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering conspiracy and a conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, including 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine.
From approximately June to December 2017, Israel Ortiz Velasco, 33, agreed with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, knowing an ...
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(01-23-2026 - KY)
United States of America v. Cuellar Montufa
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after removal.
Cuellar Montufa, 39,illegally reentered the country after being deported following his convictions for sex crimes and is now wanted for murder in Guatemala.
The defendant was convicted in Warren County in January 2006 for attempted unlawful sexual conduct wit ...
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(01-23-2026 - OH)
United States of America v. Jabari Long
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Steve Fishman represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.
Long submitted fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for businesses that did not exist. Specifically, Long received $2,187,000 in federal loans for Priceless Preservations Construction, a company that Long claimed h ...
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(01-23-2026 - MI)
United States of America v. Darnell Kief Beckham Bell
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer Rodger Pelagalli represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute drugs. ...
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(01-23-2026 - OH)
State of New York v. Nathan Ensel and Leocadio J. Espinal
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charge with selling drugs.
Albany, New York, police officers Nathan Ensel, age 45, of Rensselaer, New York, and Leocadio J. Espinal, age 46, of Astoria, New York, accused of selling drugs. ...
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(01-23-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Larry G. Turner
New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute meth and fentanyl.
LARRY TURNER and several other individuals conspired to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, multiple kilograms of fentanyl throughout the Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, and Washington Parishes region of the Eastern D ...
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(01-23-2026 - LA)
United States of America v. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Alejandro Macias represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.
On April 2, 2024, Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, and Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 26, of Georgia, were stopped for a traffic violation in Nacogdoches County. During the stop, law enforcement noticed an open con ...
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(01-23-2026 - TX)
United States of America v. Dustin Lacouture and Deborah Lagrone
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Ryan Matuska represented Dustin Lacouture charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine.
Dustin Lacouture, 43, and Deborah Lagrone, 44, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
On January 29, 2025, a ...
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(01-23-2026 - TX)
State of New Mexico v. Angelique Silva
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer John Rhinehart represented the Defendant charged with burglary, unlawful taking of an automobile and theft of a credit card.
Angelique Silva, age 43, broke into and stole with keys inside lockers in a gym where the owners were exercising. She would then steal the cars parked in the parking lot. ...
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(01-23-2026 - NM)
United States of America v. Justin Hunt
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by extortion under color of official right.
Justin Hunt, a former Albuquerque Police Department lieutenant, engaged in a scheme to arrest drunk drivers who were set up for arrest. Bribes would then be solicited and taken in exchange for Hunt intentionally fai ...
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(01-23-2026 - NM)
United States of America v. Antonio Curo
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer Jason Luong represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled drug (fentanyl) resulting in death.
Antonio Curo, age 25, admitted he distributed the drug through the U.S. mail to individuals across the country.
Specifically, Curo distributed fentanyl to a 16-year-old female in Houston who died after consu ...
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(01-23-2026 - TX)
United States of America v. Dr. Brian August
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer Solomon Wisenberg represented the Defendant charged with violating the Controlled Substances Act, the False Claims Act, and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.
The allegations involved the issuance of 255 controlled substance prescriptions to 15 individuals between Dec. 23, 2017, and May 22, 2021. These included various prescriptions for t ...
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(01-23-2026 - TX)