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State of Oklahoma v. W.P.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A FELONY

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State of Oklahoma v. R.J.S.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with larceny from a house.

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Jack Nicklaus v. Nicklaus Companies, LLC

West Palm Beach, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.

Retired Pro Golfer Jack Nicklaus sued his former company, Nicklaus Companies, LLC on breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and tortiouos interference.

Nicklaus alleged that Nicklaus Companies executives Howard Milstein, Andrew O’Brien and others were involved in sp

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United States of America v. Andrew Knepp

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND 500 GRAMS OR MORE OF A MIXTURE AND SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

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United States of America v. Tai Ward

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute a schedule III controlled substance (drug).

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Common Wealth of Pennsylvania v. Stanley West

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Stanley West, age 37, is accused for shooting and killing Rakesh "Rocky" Ehagaban, age 50, and injuring a woman.

Martin Devine, acting chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, released a statement early Saturday morning saying, "The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is grateful to the incr

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United States of America v. Ernest Harris

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Harris moved to suppress the firearms and ammunition found in his home claiming the FBI lacked probable cause.

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State of South Carolina v. Donnie Ray Birchfield

Lancaster, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr., 35, accused of killing of Shirley Arnsdorff, 49.

The warrants say Birchfield denied the alleged victims food and medical treatment, controlled their cellphones and bathroom access, and cut them off from the outside world.

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State of Texas v. December Mitchell and Jonathan Mitchell

Burleson, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with h tampering with and fabricating physical evidence to impair a human corpse, which is a second-degree felony.

Kinman's mother, December Mitchell, and stepfather, Jonathan Mitchell, were charged with second-degree felonies after the body of their adult special needs son was found buried in their backyard.

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State of New York v. Michael A. Wright

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while intoxicated, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, multiple tickets related to erratic operation and collisions.

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State of New York v. Rephayah Oselmo

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon.

Rephayah Oselmo, 18, of Syracuse, is accused of killing or being an accessory to the killing of Jakari Towensent, who was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds on Sept. 16 in front of the J & B Grocery at 409 Bellevue Ave., in Syracuse.

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Robert Januchowski v. Fay Servicing, L.L.C.

Buffalo, New York, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation claim.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violations include abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection tactics such as harassment, repeated calls, and threats of illegal action. Other violations include making false statements about the debt's amount or legal sta

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Clifford L. Grover, Jr. v. Social Security Administration

Buffalo, New York, social security disability lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.

Social Security DIWC/DIWW benefits are Disabled Insured Worker's Claim and Disabled Insured Worker's Insurance benefits, which are the same as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). These are monthly cash benef

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United States of America v. Andrew Yannello

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with activities relating to material containing child pornography.

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Lynn K. Pierce v. Target Corporation

Rochester, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim.

This case was filed in the Supreme Court, Monroe County, New York, and was removed to federal court by Target Corporation.

New York premises liability law holds property owners responsible for injuries caused by dangerous conditions on their property, provided they were negligent

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United States of America v. Jean Paul Bayoi

West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering.

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United States of America v. Richard Israel Lazaro

West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a deported alien without permission.

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Bryce W. Apgar v. Fast Mico Solutions, Inc.

West Palm Beach, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Standards Labor Law Act violation theory.

Violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) primarily involve failure to pay minimum wage or required overtime, improper classification of employees (especially to avoid overtime), and violations of child labor laws. Other common violations include r

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State of New York v. Danielle Davis

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with First Degree, Driving While Intoxicated, and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated.

Danielle Davis, age 23, of Buffalo, New York was accused of causing a fatally accident on Broadway Avenue.

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New York State Firearms Association, et al. v. Steven G. James, et al.

Buffalo, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking an injunction.

The New York State Firearms Association (“NYSFA”), George Borrello, David DiPietro, William Ortman, and Aaron Dorr filed a motion seeking a preliminarily enjoin the enforcement of provisions of New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (“CCIA”) that require an ammunition seller to (1) condu

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Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

They were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree murder, for the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers, after being identified by witnesses.

Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree

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United States of America v. Heath Adams

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Heath Adams, 43, of Payette, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today.

According to court records, the investigation into Adams began in August 2024, after a report was made to the Pay

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United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple, Charles Lon Seltz

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.

Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and Speci

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United States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse

A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Thomas Patak

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smash-and-grab burglaries.

HOMAS PATAK, 55, pleaded guilty to numerous breaking and entering, larceny from a building and destruction of property charges in BMC Central and received a sentence of 2.5 years in the House of Correction followed by two years of probation with orders to stay away from all cri

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United States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.

Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and crimin

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United States of America v. Aderito Patrick Amado

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(vi), and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii); three counts of possession with intent to distribute those substances.

In late 2020 and early 2021, Massachusetts law enfor

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United States of America v. Robert Pugh

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

“A district court abuses its considerable discretion and imposes a substantively unreasonable sentence only when it ‘(1) fails to afford consideration to relevant factors that were due significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, o

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United States of America v. Amanda Acosta

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in South Dakota.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place

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United States of America v. Jericho James Ladeaux

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

Jerich

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United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.


Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

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United States of America v. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29,

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United States of America v. Dylan Sanchez

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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State of Florida v. Hilwon Torres Martinez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a sex crime.

See Reyna v. State, 302 So. 3d 1025, 1031 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (“For collateral sex crimes to be admissible, courts have applied section 90.404(2)(c) to require significant similarity between the collateral evidence and the charged crime, evidence so similar and specific that it resembles a clear

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State of Florida v. Eric Reardon

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cheating an elderly man out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Edward Fuller, a 75-year-old Army vetran was tricked into signing over title to his property to the Defendant.

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United States of America v. Jesus Alexander Guerrero Rosario, a/k/a Jesus Guerrero

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to possess with intent to disbribute cocaine.

Jeifry Antonio Vasquez and Jesus Alexander Guerrero-Rosario pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

In March 2023, a boat bearing no indicia of nation

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United States of America v. Jorge Salermo

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

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United States of America v. Preston Buie

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Preston Buie was pulled over for following too closely behind a semi-truck. Within minutes, the officer who stopped him
became suspicious that something criminal was afoot—he had USCA11

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United States of America v. Oswaldo Gonzalez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Oswaldo Gonzalez appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1), 70506(b)

(a) Prohibitions.-While on board a

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acc

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United States of America v. Amanda Acosta

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

- United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on Septem

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United States of America v. Marcus Albert Rambo

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro-Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acc

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United States of America v. James Kooima

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography.

James Kooima, age 47, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, five years of supervised release, a special assessment to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 in the amount of $5,000, a special assessment to the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography

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United States of America v. Kartayah Nariah Feliciano

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine.

In October 2022, Melinna Destra recruited Feliciano to im
port and distribute cocaine. Destra enticed her with a “free” Carib
bean cruise. Although Feliciano felt that something “was not
right,” she took Destra up on the offer. While en route to Miami,
Florida, D

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United States of America v. James Marabal

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.

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United States of America v. Adam Joseph King

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing five grams
or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii).

A grand jury returned an indictment charging King with one count of distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii). In a signed sta

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Robert W. Otto and Julies H. Hamilton v. City of Boca Radon, Florida and County of Palm Beach, Florida

Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Otto and Hamilton are marriage and family therapists licensed to practice mental health counseling in Florida. They sued Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton in the West Palm Beach division of the Southern District of Florida, alleging that or dinances

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced .

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

“There i

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United States of America v. Dylan Ray Alexander

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree Murder in Indian Country, Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.

The Defendant claimed self defense.

18 USC 1151, 1153, and 1111: Second Degree Murder in Indian Country; F

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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of

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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o

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State of Utah v. Charles Errill Lavadie

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with negligently operating a vehicle resulting in serious bodily injury for taking a painkiller and subsequently crashing his truck into a home, pinning a 10-year-old beneath his vehicle.

On July 3, 2020, South Salt Lake Police were called to investigate a vehicle that crashed into a home near 3300 South and

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United States of America v. Daniel Johnny Fuentes

Roswell, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm in conjunction with drug distribution.

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm

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United States of America v. Juan Alberto Hernandez-Rodriguez

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation.

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State of Illinois v. Sean Grayson

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Sean Grayson was charged with the 2024 murder of Sonya Massey, who was shown in bodycam footage being shot in her home by the Sangamon County sheriff's deputy.

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