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United States of America v. Kenneth Dylan Williams

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and possession with intent to distribute meth. On August 9, 2024, a West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force (WAHTTF) undercover (UC) officer posted an advertisement on a commercial sex website posing as a 19-year-old female in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The following day, Kenneth ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - AL)

United States of America v. Jeremy Dionne Smiley

Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possesson of ammunition by a convicted felon. In late 2024, Jeremy Dionne Smiley, age 36, was residing in Montgomery while on federal supervised release after completing a 71-month prison sentence for a prior federal firearms conviction. On December 20, 2024, law enforcement officers responded to a domestic dist ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - AL)

United States of America v. Wilson Robert Mero-Castro, Ruben Wilson Mero-Vera and Gabriel Cruz-Joya

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel An individual may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance on board a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 46:70506(b) C ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - AL)

United States of America ex rel., et a.l v. Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C., et al.

Atlanta, Georgia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of using medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted claims for those services to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. “Physicians who disrega ... More $2,180,000 (01-30-2026 - GA)

United States of America v. Ricky Hill

Valdosta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer Chauntilia Adaway represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Ricky Ill, age 39, of Lakeland, Georgia had prior drug and assault convictions before being arrested and charged with felony possession of a firearm. ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - GA)

United States of America v. Paul Anthony Nicholls

Brunswick, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to import and distribute controlled drugs and money laundering. Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, of Great Britain, was convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances Resulting in Death and one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Resulting in Death following a 4-day j ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - GA)

United States of America v. David A. Girard

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor, travel in interstate commerce for illicit sexual conduct and failure to register as a sex offender. David A. Girard, age 20, of Robertsdale, Alabama, is a registered sexual offender based upon prior sex offense convictions in 2009. He is accused for attempting to entice a min ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - FL)

United States of America v. Nhan Pham

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt in interstate commerce and proffered delivery of an adulterated device, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Between 2015 and 2019, Nhan Pham (55, Orlando) , a physician who performed cosmetic procedures, ordered silicone oil online and injected the silicone into his patients for glute ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - FL)

State of Oklahoma v. Stephen Atchley

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer. Stephen Atchely, age 53, stole a pack of cigarettes from behind the counter in a QuikTrip, harassed people at the store, and punched a police officer call to the scene. ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Traditions Health, LLC

Muskogee, Oklahoma, qui tam lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act. From 2021 to 2024, Traditions Health, LLC, of McAlester, Oklahoma, submitted claims to Medicare from its McAlester, Oklahoma, location for home health services that were not medically necessary. It also resolves claims that, between 2019 and 2024, Traditions paid remuneration to physician-me ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - OK)

State of Illinois v. Sean Grayson

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Sean Grayson, a former sheriff's deputy, was charged with manslaughter for shooint and killing Sonya Massey, 36, in her Springfield, Illinois home on in 2024. ... More $0 (01-30-2026 - IL)

United States of America v. Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc.

Miami, Florida - Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc. (Sherwood), headquartered in Opa-Locka, has agreed to pay $109,618 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to use contractually required and updated technical manuals when performing repairs on U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) C-130 aircraft landing gear. “The False Claims Act protects more than taxpayer dollars†... More $0 (01-29-2026 - FL)

State of Utah v. Matthew Elton

Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - UT)

United States of America v. Juan Hernandez Flores

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. A total of 18 defendants have now been sentenced in the culmination of a four-year-long investigation into a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) that specialized in transporting liquid methamphetamine by semi-truck from Mexico, through Texas, to Oklahoma City and elsewhere. According to law ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Oscar Palacios Castorena

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful reentry of a removed alien. Palacios Castorena has a lengthy criminal history while in the United States. In 2010, he was convicted of drug conspiracy in the Northern District of Oklahoma and ordered to serve 30 months imprisonment. In 2012, Palacios Castorena was convicted again for drug conspiracy and unl ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Kaleb Scott Smith

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor in Indian Country. In September 2024, the 14-year-old minor victim disclosed being sexually abused by Kaleb Scott Smith, 34, to a parent. The minor victim’s parents testified that they contacted law enforcement. Durin ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Dion Daniel

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Dion Daniel, 36, of Kansas City, Missouri, submitted false information on applications for disaster relief loans resulting in a loss of $522,000 for the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") was intended to provide financial relief to business owners dealing wi ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - KS)

United States of America v. Mario Luis Rocha

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute drugs and felny possession of a firearm. In August 2025, investigators learned that Mario Rocha, 27, Rocky Ford, Colorado, was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine out of his Rocky Ford home and that he was in possession of numerous firear ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - CO)

United States of America v. Robert Haack

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire and mail fraud. Robert Haack, 59, carried out a years long scheme to defraud collectors by selling counterfeit jewelry falsely represented as authentic works by renowned Hopi artist Charles Loloma. The evidence established that between approximately 2008 and 2015, Haack manufactured dozens of fake Lo ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - NM)

United States of America v. Adrian Cheama

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. On June 16, 2025, Adrian Cheama, 37, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, stabbed an unarmed man in the abdomen with a sharp metal object without apparent provocation, then disposed of the weapon, preventing law enforcement from rec ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - NM)

United States of America v. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Silvano Gonzalez Venavidez, aka Eduardo Torres-Zepeda, 34; Edgar Ulises Torres Cervantes, aka Juan Maldonado Garcia, 38; and Carlos Roberto Limon Martinez, 21, all from Mexico, living in Salt Lake City were charged by complaint on January 15, 2026. Beginning in November 2025, the FBI Wasatc ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - UT)

State of Florida v. Lissette Dopico

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal mischief. Lissette Dopico, 43, who is currently homeless, threw the rock and umbrella after she asked to use the business’s restroom and was denied access. ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - FL)

State of Nevada v. Jose Aviles

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer. Jose Aviles, 33, who was taken into custody after assaulting a police officer the Planet Hollywood Casino. ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - NV)

United States of America v. Ulian Ohye-Michiko

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States for the 12fh time. Ulian Ohye-Michiko, 48, is a citizen and national of Mexico who was previously deported on 11 prior occasions since 2008 and reentered the United States illegally after his most recent removal in 2020. On December 27, 2025, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police a ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - NV)

United States of America v. Lane Blake Kirkaldie

Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 18:113A.F STRANGULATION Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153(a) and 113(a)(8) (1) 18:113C.F ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON; TITLE 18 USC 1153(a) and 113(a)(3) (1s) 18:113E.P SIMPLE ASSAULT (PETTY OFFENSE); TITLE 18 USC 1153(a) and 113(a)(5) (2s) Lane Blake Kirkaldie, 21, was told to leave the house. Jane ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - MT)

United States of America v. Jesse Eugene Burnett, et al.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child. in April 2024, FBI agents were contacted by a mother who discovered her 10-year-old daughter had been exchanging sexually explicit images with an adult male on a messaging application. Although the child told the male that she was thirty, the male commented that she ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - ID)

United States of America v. Rogelio Pena

Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Rogelio Pena, 22, distributed large amounts of fentanyl pills. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen people who was indicted in the case in May 2024. The 18-month wiretap investigation revealed that Pena was a trusted member of the conspiracy both for delivering drugs and for having access t ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - WA)

United States of America v. Kenneth Green

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Kenneth Green, age 57, paid for and received livestreamed shows featuring the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines. During the shows, Green gave child sex traffickers in the Philippines specific instructions on how to abuse the children and received child sex ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - OR)

United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the victim homeless. John Tamahere ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - CA)

United States of America v. Jing Guo

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an international fraud and money laundering scheme. Jing Guo, age 36, of San Gabrie, California participated in an international fraud and money laundering scheme that tricked more than 40 elderly victims out of more than $1.2 million. According to charging documents, Guo and others used ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - CA)

United States of America v. Stacie Marie Narcho

Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. On November 9, 2022, Stacie Marie Narcho, 47, of Sells, Arizona, knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. As a direct result of Narcho’s actions, the victim overdosed and later died. “Thi ... More $0 (01-29-2026 - AZ)

United States of America v. Shota Yamamoto

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (50 U.S.C. § 4819). Shota Yamamoto, 29, of Tokyo, Japan, conspired with another person to export firearm components and tactical accessories from the United States to Japan without the required licenses. Yamamoto intended to use those items to retrofit airsoft eq ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - HI)

United States of America v. Sean Mobley

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Sean Mobley, 45, agreed to supply an individual with fentanyl powder to distribute to a third party. Mobley and the intermediary drove to a residence in Wasilla, where the intermediary sold the powder to an adult victim for $100. Shortly after the sale, the adult victim used the substance and o ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - AK)

United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin

Spokane, Washinngton, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Tawhnee Willow Colvin, of Davenport, Washington, was convicted by a jury on all twenty-six counts charged following a trial in September 2025. As evidence presented at the trial established, Colvin was employed as Assistant Director of the Spokane Tribe of Indians’ Department of Health and Human S ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - WA)

United States of America v. Orest Shaynyuk

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Orest Shaynyuk, 33, of Sacramento, was accused of possession of CSAM. After serving his sentence and while on supervised release, his probation officer found him to be in possession of an iPhone that contained CSAM. Simultaneously, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - CA)

State of Illinois v. Adam Stone

Chicago, Illinois, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wo counts of home invasion. Adam Stone, age 28, was accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriends house in 2022 to confront her . ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - IL)

State of Oklahoma v. Logan Frazier, Cayden Fisher, and Clayton

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Police say the victim said his three friends, identified as Logan Frazier, 19; Cayden Fisher, 18; and Clayton Fisher, 19, came over to his home, and he told them about a gun his mother bought for him at the gun show. The victim grabbed the unloaded gun from his mother’s room to show it to his friends ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - OK)

State of Missouri v. Dale Lawrence Willamson

Harrisonville, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - MO)

State of Minnesota v. Gregory Maurice Oats, Jr.

St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first and third-degree sexual assault. Gregory Maurice Oats, Sr. was charged with first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct, alleging that he sexually penetrated the victim, E.H., on numerous occasions from 2009 to 2011, when she was under the age of sixteen, and from 2011 to 2013 when she was sixteen and ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - MN)

State of North Dakota v. Shawnee Lynn Krall

Minot, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ntentional or knowing murder. ¶1] Shawnee Krall appeals an amended criminal judgment after a jury found him guilty of intentional or knowing murder of Alice Queirolo. We conclude the State presented sufficient evidence for a jury to find Krall guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We further conclude the distric ... More $0 (01-28-2026 - ND)