Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie.
Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to
using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been fol ...
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(02-06-2026 - AZ)
United States of America v. Andrial Ortiz
Lansing, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearm.
Andrial Ortiz was a felon who was not allowed to possess a gun, and the moment he did he used it to shoot a police officer. My office was happy to prosecute this case. We accept the 15-year sentence as a just response. I hope everyone reading this will take a minute to remembe ...
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(02-06-2026 - MI)
United States of America v. Kyle Wagner
Detroit, Michigan, Zcriminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making Federal threats and cyberstalking following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE.
Kyle Wagner escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Insta ...
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(02-06-2026 - MI)
United States of America v. Lamont Johnson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm.
Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last October to the following charges in an indictment:
Possession with Intent to Distribute a Contro ...
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(02-06-2026 - OH)
United States of America v. Harrison Michael Barton
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of children.
In February 2025, Harrison Michael Barton, 38, of North Detroit, Texas, took a Greyhound bus from Texas to Ohio to meet a 15-year-old approximately one month after connecting with the victim on the Call of Duty mobile game.
At the time, Barton was wanted on an outst ...
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(02-06-2026 - OH)
United States of America v. Natasha Harris-Johnson
Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claims and wire fraud.
Natasha Harris-Johnson, 52, of Paducah, filed eight tax returns for the 2018 and 2019 tax years on behalf of trusts she created, altogether demanding nearly $30 million in tax refunds she was not entitled to. Harris-Johnson also filed a fraudulent application with the Small Business A ...
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(02-06-2026 - KY)
United States of America v. John Quintrell
London, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to to collect and pay over taxes. ...
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(02-06-2026 - KY)
United States of America v. Nathan Lee Westbrook
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2).
On February 21, 2025, investigators with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations – Internet Crimes Against Children (HSI-ICAC) Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited ...
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(02-06-2026 - TN)
United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath.
Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was the chief executive officer and majority owner of a car dealership company named Auto Masters. In addition to Auto Masters, J ...
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(02-06-2026 - TN)
United States of America v. Amanda Kate Walker Bass
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with to one count of wire fraud and one count of fraudulent use of military medals, otherwise known as “Stolen Valor.”
Amanda Kate Walker Bass, 36, of Fayette County, claimed to be a multiple-time deployed U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was the lone survivor of an enemy ambush in Afghanistan in 2010 that left her ...
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(02-06-2026 - TN)
State of Tennessee v. Mark Anthony Sexton, Jr. and Mark Anthony Sexton III
Jonesborough, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder.
Mark Anthony Sexton, Jr. and Mark Anthony Sexton III were accused of killing Johnson City convenience store clerk Tava Woodard, age 23, in 2023. ...
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(02-06-2026 - TN)
Jaylynn Dean v. Uber Technologies Incorporated, et al.
Phoenix, Arizona, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on respondeat superior theory claiming that raped her.
Jaylynn Dean claimed that a Uber driver raped her in November 2023 during a ride to her hotel. ...
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(02-05-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Robin Black
Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulent activity involving food stamps and identity theft.
Robin Black, age 64, is accused of working with others from 2023 to 2025 to buy, use, and sell other people’s SNAP benefits. Police say he would purchase SNAP benefits and account numbers for about half their value, use the benefits at stores, then res ...
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(02-05-2026 - OK)
State of West Virginia . v. D.J. Gibbons
DJ Cibbons was charged with possessin with indtent distribute drugs. ...
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(02-05-2026 - NE)
United States of America v. Walter Tharrington, aka “Black” and “Roaadblock"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, coercion of a minor. ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Genesis Delgado Rosa
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy launder money.
Rosa participated in a conspiracy commonly referred to as a grandparent fraud scheme. In this instance, an international organized crime group based in the Dominican Republic conducted a scam in which they called elderly individuals impersonating a loved one (often a grandchild) an ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Madison Grant Sergent
Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth.
On July 23, 2024, Madison Grant Sergent, 27, of Huntington, directed another individual to distribute approximately 24 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $180 in Huntington. As part of her plea agreement, Sergent admitted to arranging the transaction a ...
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(02-03-2026 - WV)
United States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need.
“This defendant’s conduct was egr ...
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(02-03-2026 - FL)
State of Oklahoma v. Donell White.
Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with DUI and eluding. ...
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(02-03-2026 - OK)
United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Salinas
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal from the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. ...
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(02-03-2026 - TX)
United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.
n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United
States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The
Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been
removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2 ...
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(02-03-2026 - TX)
State of Delaware v. Don Eugene Nixon III
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder.
Don Eugene Nixon III was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Da’Jour Ellison.
The defendant was arrested after officers conducted a traffic stop. ...
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(02-03-2026 - DE)
State of Delaware v. John Taggart
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Dangerous Crimes Against a Child.
In June 2022, the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington received an anonymous complaint alleging that John Taggart ("Defendant") sexually abused multiple complainants between May 1, 1995, and June 15, 1996 while working as a priest at St. Thomas the Apostle church in Wilmington.
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(02-03-2026 - DE)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. D’arrius Tyrese Edwards
West Chester, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with kidnapping and other charges.
D’arrius Tyrese Edwards, 20, of Chester, Pennsylvania crashed a vehicle into nearby woods then used his head to break a classroom window before going inside and grabbing a child. ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Andre Maurice London
West Chester, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of persons not to possess a firearm, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6105(a). ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Arturo Perez Ramirez
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in application for a passport and aggravated identity theft.
Arturo Perez Ramirez, age 26, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2019, after he failed to appear for immigration proceedings. In 2020, Perez Ramirez purchased the identity ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
United States of America v. Corey Adkins
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Corey Adkins, 28, entered the guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer to (1) possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, and (2) possession o ...
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(02-03-2026 - PA)
Commonwealth of Virginia v. Brendan Banfield
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated murder, one count of using a firearm in commission of a felony and one count of child endangerment.
Brendan Banfield, age 40, was accused of killing his wife and Joseph Ryan, the man with whom she was having an affair.
Juliana Peres Magalhães, Banfields au pair, with whom he was havi ...
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(02-03-2026 - VA)
United States of America v. Gerald Lee Young and Gerald Lee Young
Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribut drugs. ...
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(02-02-2026 - WV)
United States of America v. John Frances “Jack” Griffin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.
John Frances “Jack” Griffin, 62, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the principal and founder of Second Story Farming Inc., which did business as Metropolis Farms. Second Story Farming had several lines of business, including growing crops in vertical farms to sell to customers, developin ...
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(02-02-2026 - PA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Ruben Rodriguez
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault.
On April 11, 2019, following a jury trial before this Court, the Defendant was found guilty of Criminal Attempt - Murder, Aggravated Assault[1], Conspiracy to Commit Murder[2], Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Assault[3], Possession of Instruments of Crime (PIC)[4], ...
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(02-02-2026 - PA)
State of New Jersey v. Antuane Gregory,
Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree aggravated assault,and weapons offenses.
Antuane Gregory, 46, of Newark, shoot and killed one person and wounded four others on a Newark street.
On October 10, 2025, a jury found Antuane Gregory, 46, of Newark, guilt ...
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(02-02-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Leonardo Ayala
Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Natoli represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and bank bribery.
From June 2023 to November 2023, Leonado Ayala, 25, of Homestead, Florida, then a TD Bank employee in Doral, Florida, accepted bribes and leveraged his position to facilitate a money laundering network’s expatriation of over $5.5 million from the United States ...
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(02-02-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Tony Rodriguez
Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor.
Tony Rodriguez, 40, of Rochester, New York, engaged in graphic sexual conversations online with a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl. Rodriguez was actually communicating with a member of the community group “Predator Poachers.” In addition to online conversations, ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Andrew Edick
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer Danielle Neroni represents the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child, transportation of achild pornography, and possession of child pornography by a registered sex offender.
Andrew Edick, age 39, admitted that in in the summer of 2022, he filmed the genitalia of a female child born in 2013 and knowingly transported the video between ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Steven LaBianca
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer Nora Hirozawa represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography.
In 2017, Steven LaBianca, age 53, communicated online with a 15-year-old girl who resided in Cyprus (Jane Doe 2). LaBianca induced Jane Doe 2 to send him photographs and videos of herself nude and engaging in sexual activities, ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
State of New York v. Alejandro Piedra
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree, Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Assault in the Second Degree.
Alejandro Piera, age 31, fatally stabbed 38-year-old Clemson Cockfield and injuring two others in the East Village in June 2024.
“Alejandro Piedra escalated to deadly violence when he brutally stabbed three individu ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Anthony Curcio
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with attept and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Anthony Curcio was accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud customers by selling them sports and Pokémon trading cards with fake grades purportedly issued by Professional Sports Authenticator (“PSA”).
From at least 2022 to May 2024, CURCI ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
United States of America v. Marion Cogliormella, Steven Lacaj, and Karim Jbrahim
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Scott Leemon, Mike Farkas, andJaesm Frocearo, represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and investment adviser fraud..
Mario Goglirmella, , Steven Lacaj, and Karim Ijbrahim, a/k/a "Chris Hayes" a/k/a “Chris Hayes, engaged in a conspiracy to commit securities fraud with their management of L & G ...
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(02-02-2026 - NY)
State of Florida v. John Ray Melvin
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony possession of a firearm.
John Ray Melvin was accused of cocaine possession and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. ...
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(02-02-2026 - FL)