| State of Oklahoma v. Brian Keith Byrd |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation proceeding. On April 4, 2001, Petitioner filed an application in this Court challenging an order of the District Court of Oklahoma County, entered April 3, 2001, denying his motion to dismiss or application to stay revocation proceedings in that Court in Case No. CF-00-320. This Court stayed the proceedin $ (10-16-2001 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Jerry Lynn Hampton |
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Hugo, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation action. In the District Court of Pushmataha County, Case No. CF-2002-119, Appellant, Jerry Lynn Hampton, entered a plea of nolo contendere to Count 1, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug (Methamphetamine); Count 2, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug (Methamphetamine); and Count 3, Unlawful Possession of Par $ (02-23-2009 - ok) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Jimmy Dale Jackson, Jr. |
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Norman, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation action. Relying on 22 O.S.Supp.2019, § 991b(B), Appellant first argues that the trial court erred when it revoked more than six months of his suspended sentence based solely on "technical violations" of his probation. Because Appellant did not raise this objection below, review is for plain error. Parker v. Sta $ (11-10-2022 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Kristain Harris |
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Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine (“ice”) and one count of distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (“ice”). At the sentencing hearing on March 10, 2026, the government presented information that beginning in June 2024, a confidential informant with the Bureau of $ (03-27-2026 - IL) |
| United States of America v. Rickey Martin, Jr. |
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East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Rickey Martin, Jr., 36, robbed a motel in Maryville, Illinois at gunpoint. $ (03-26-2026 - IL) |
| United States of America v. Chrystal D. Mueller |
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Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. Between January 14, 2022, and April 8, 2022, Mueller and others worked together to distribute fentanyl pills in Wisconsin. The drugs would be sent from California and mailed to residences associated with Mueller, who would then distribut $ (03-27-2026 - WI) |
| Untied States of America v. Juwon Madlock |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transferring ammunition to a felon, aidding and abetting possession of stolen good, knowingly possessing a machine gun and making false statements. $ (03-26-2026 - WI) |
| United States of America v. Trent Schneider |
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Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill multiple public officials, including President Donald J. Trump, the 47th and 45th President of the United States. On Oct. 21, 2025, Trent Schneider, age 58, of Winthrop, Illinois, posted a video of himself on Instagram in which he stated, “People like me have suffered real [expletive] crimes $ (03-27-2026 - IL) |
| United States of America v. Mark A. Lyons |
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Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to district a controlled Schedule II Controlled Substance (Meth). pstal inspectors executed a search warrant on Mark A. Lyons’ residence on October 4, 2024, after linking Lyons, 32 years old, of Gary, Indiana. to several suspicious packages being sent from the G $ (03-26-2026 - IN) |
| United States of America v. Aleksei Volkov |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware group, carry out numerous attacks against U.S. companies and other organizations. Volkov facilitated dozens of ransomware attacks throughout the United States, causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses. $ (03-27-2026 - IN) |
| United States of America v. Robert Graham Ward |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On January 12, 2025, first responders responded to a 911 call at a hotel in Gaylord, Michigan and pronounced a 25-year-old man dead of a drug overdose. A woman who was last with the decedent before his death cooperated with law enforcement and stated that she re $ (03-25-2026 - MI) |
| United States of America v. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”) |
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Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment for physical therapy serv $ (03-26-2026 - MI) |
| United States of America v. Gary Lee Hodges |
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Beckley, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. In 2021, Gary Lee Hodges connected online with “Alice,” who claimed to have an 11-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old daughter. The pair spoke at length about Hodges’s desire to engage in “family sexual relations.” J.A. 15. As it turns out, Alice and her two daughte $ (03-26-2026 - WV) |
| United States of America v. Tong Chen |
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Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Tong Chen, residing in Hudson, charged with Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Possession of Child Pornography or Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). In May $ (03-25-2026 - OH) |
| United States of America v. Johnathan Brown |
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Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secretly recorded young girls nude and committed hands-on offenses of a teenager. Johnathan Brown, 34, hid outside bedroom windows and placed cameras inside a laundry basket to record minors after they exited from showers. He told victims he needed to see their bodies for “medical reasons.” Brown also groomed $ (03-25-2026 - OH) |
| Verity Investigations, LLC v. Segepo-FSM, Inc. |
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Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo $ (03-26-2026 - KY) |
| United States of America v. Bailey Michael Stouter |
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Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmission with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor. Bailey Michael Stouter, 23, used a social media application to meet a 14-year-old girl. He arranged to pick the girl up from her home in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to drive her to Pennsylvania for a sexual encounter. A missing person re $ (03-25-2026 - KY) |
| United States of America v. Ryan Patrick Garrett |
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Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement. on March 13, 2025, detectives with the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) and agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 41-year-old Ryan Patrick Garrett on a federal complaint of Enticement of a minor for the purposes of an illegal sexual act. $ (03-25-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Cody Ray Brewer |
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Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Cody Ray Brewer, age 30, of Saulsbury, Tennessee, engaged in various illegal sexual acts with a minor at a residence in Hardeman County, Tennessee in early January 2025, and that he set up a camera in the minor’s bedroom to record those acts. Following the execution of a search $ (03-25-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Roderick Michael Bates |
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Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted wire and identity fraud. Roderick Michael Bates, 55, used stolen identities with fake driver’s licenses to secure financing for farm machinery and equipment from a local Sampson County business. Using these identities, he fraudulently purchased high-value items totaling more than $65,000, includi $ (03-25-2026 - NC) |
| Kaley G.M. v. Instagram and YouTube |
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Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a tort theory claiming she was addicted to the defendants' website by design. Kaley, G.M., age 20, claimed that she got "hooked" on YouTube and Instagram in grade school. Jurors were charged with determining whether the companies acted negligently in designing their products and failed to warn her of the danger $5000000 (03-25-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Jeffrey Brent Thomas |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated sexual abuse and abusive contact in Indian Country. Jeffrey Brent Thomas sexually abused a child who was under the age of 12 years. The United States also presented evidence that Thomas sexually abused two other minor children. Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Tulsa C $ (03-25-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Cameron David Joshua Cox |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child pornography. The Tulsa Police Department received three separate cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The social media application, Kik, submitted the tips indicating that child sexual abuse material was uploaded by Cameron David Joshua Cox $ (03-25-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Meghan Ryan McDonnell |
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Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and making an unsafe lane change. $ (05-02-2025 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Timmy Wayne Rogers |
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Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic assault and battery. $ (02-25-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Carlos Ivan Toledo-Gomez |
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Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction. $ (03-23-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Robert Carlos Cerrillo |
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Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Cerrillo argued that the district court erred in applying the U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(A) cross-reference to the attempted second-degree murder guideline provision at U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1 because there was insufficient evidence that he intended to kill the victim when $ (03-25-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Jeterron Williamson |
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Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Relying on New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 24 (2022), and United States v. Diaz, 116 F.4th 458 (5th Cir. 2024), cert. denied, 145 S. Ct. 2822 (2025), Williamson contended that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to hi $ (03-24-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson |
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Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 12 counts of drug and gun felonies. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, 43, of Columbia, sold 10 firearms and quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack cocaine to confidential informants on four occasions in May and June 2024. One of the firearms that Anderson sold contained a Glock switch, converting th $ (03-25-2026 - SC) |
| State of North Carolina v. Quintin Deandre Hairston |
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Greenville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon; two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon; assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury; attempted first-degree murder; and first-degree burglary. In July 2020, defendant, Zyquez McMillan, Micah Mims, and $ (03-24-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Andre Whitehurst |
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Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of mail by a postal employee and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From April 2022 to September 2024, Andre Whitehurst, 34, of Charlotte, conspired with Rashad Lowery, Aaron Grice, and others to execute a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail. Whitehurst used his position as a U.S. Postal Service cl $ (03-24-2026 - NC) |
| State of North Carolina v. Herman Anthony Maynor |
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Nashville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm by a felon, and attaining the states of a habitual felon. On 6 February 2023, Defendant was indicted for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a firearm within city limits in vi $ (03-24-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Tracey Hernandez |
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Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return. Aents with the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”) began investigating Tracey Hernandez, 39, for preparing and filing IRS false income tax returns for her clients. Hernandez acted as a “ghost preparer,” meani $ (03-24-2026 - NC) |
| State of North Carolina v. Michael Aaron McDuffie |
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Ashevboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in heroin by possession. On 6 December 2021, a Randolph County grand jury indicted defendant on one count each of trafficking opium or heroin, maintaining a vehicle for keeping or selling controlled substances, and possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver heroin. $ (03-24-2026 - NC) |
| State of Maryland v. Edgar Christopher Bradford |
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Rockville, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree sex offense. $ (03-23-2026 - MD) |
| United States of America v. Anika Bywter |
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Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual contact in foreign places. While living in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, Anika Bywater, 29, formerly of Gonzalez, Texas, and another person created two separate videos of themselves sexually abusing a young child. Law enforcement officers learned of the conduct when they $ (03-25-2026 - MD) |
| State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico Attorney General's Office represented the States of New Mexico claiming that Meta failed to warn users about the dangers of its platform and protect children from sexual predators and willfully engaging in "unfair and deceptive" and "unconscionable" trade practices. New Mexico also claimed that Meta created a "breeding ground" for child predators on Facebook and Instagram. $375000000 (03-25-2026 - NM) |
| State of Oklahoma v. N.C. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Obstructing an office in violation of 21 O.S. 540 and resisting an officer in violation of 21 O.S.268. $ (02-12-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. T.L.C. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Unlawful possession of controlled drug in violattion of 63 O.S. 2-402(A)(1), which provides: $ (01-02-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Javier Reyes-Flores |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: DUI and transporting an open container. $ (01-22-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. C.M.P. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401.2-420.MP2 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-405.B DRIVING WITH DRIVERS LICENSE SUSPENDED/CANCELED OR REVOKED, in violation of 47 O.S. 6-303.B.1 $ (02-23-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. L.G.B. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI in violation of 11-902(A)(3), which provides: 3. Has any amount of a Schedule I chemical or controlled substance, as defined in Section 2-204 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or one of its metabolites or analogs in the person's blood, saliva, urine or any other bodily fluid at the time of a test of such per $ (01-08-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. S.M.M. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with larceny of merchandise from retailer in violation of 21 O.S. 1731, which provides: A. Larceny of merchandise held for sale in retail or wholesale establishments shall be punishable as follows: 1. For the first or second conviction, in the event the value of the goods, edible meat, or other corporeal property whic $ (01-08-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. A.S.S. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wit outraging public decency in violation of 21 O.S. 22, which provides: Every person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages public decency, including but not limited to urination $ (01-08-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. C.L. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI1, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2) Date of Offense: 12/18/2025 Lopez, Chris Disposed: DEFERRED, 02/06/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL(DI1) Violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2) Count # 2. Co $ (02-06-2026 - OK) |
| >h2> State of Oklahoma v. D.W.L. |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, pro se defendant not represented by a defense lawyer was charged with driving with license suspended or revoked and failing to carry insurance certificate. $ (02-11-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Antoine Kassis |
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Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in narco-terrorism and providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Antoine Kassis, 59, is a Lebanon-based drug trafficker who used his high-level access to the Syrian government under the Assad regime to traffic cocaine and weapons. Kassis launder $ (03-24-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Soufiane Bougria |
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Harrisonburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting his then-girlfriend with a hatchet while camping in the Shenandoah National Park. On the night of August 24, 2025, Soufiane Bougria, 31, and his then-girlfriend (Victim 1) were camping at the Mathews Arm Campground in the Shenandoah National Park. Three different park visitors testified that they $ (03-24-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Ryan Rasheed Shaw |
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Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug traffiking. Ryan Rasheed Shaw, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact in West Virginia for the operation led by Rodney Johnson in Philadelphia. Shaw was managing the drug business in Morgantown, supplying significant quantities of illicit drugs to local dealers. Shaw was responsib $ (03-24-2026 - WV) |
| United States of America v. James Garner, aka "Jake" |
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Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On January 17, 2025, James Garner, also known as “Jake,” 35, of Detroit, Michigan, sold approximately 50 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in exchange for $350. As part of his guilty plea, Garner admitted that co-defendant Joshua Willie McCarver directed the confide $ (03-24-2026 - WV) |
| State of Texas v. Justin Martinez |
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El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in deceptive trade practices. Justin Martinez, age 37, was wanted on a criminal warrant tied to an alleged $3,000 loss. $ (03-23-2026 - TX) |
| Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi |
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Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa $ (03-24-2026 - MS) |
| Shela Linton v. Sargeant Jacob Zorn |
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Rutland, Vermont, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights theory. Shela M. Linton sued Jacob P. Zorn claiming that she was wrongfully injured as a direct result of Zorn violated her Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force. On the Governor’s inauguration day in Vermont, protest- ers staged a sit-in at the state capitol. When the capitol closed $ (03-24-2026 - VT) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Secario Goodwin |
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Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating his probation. the Commonwealth filed the instant probation violation petition. The petition alleged four . . .violations: 1. Failure to report to the Monroe County Probation Department on March 27, 2024, as directed by his Probation Officer. 2. Failure to comply with all municipal, county, $ (03-20-2026 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Alexander David Webster |
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Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary, strangulation, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, simple assault, harassment, and terroristic threat. $ (03-20-2026 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Teddy Torres |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravate menacing. Teddy Torrest accused of lifting his shirt to show an employee his handgun and making a statement indicating it would be easy to take the employee hostage. $ (03-23-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Thomas A. DeLeo and William A. Murray |
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Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with honest services fraud charge and the conspiracy to commit money laundering. Former Hudson County Parks Department Director Thomas A. DeLeo (“DeLeo”) and business owner William A. Murray engaged in a conspiracy, which operated from in or around 2019 through in or around 2024, involved more than $1.5 million $ (03-20-2026 - NJ) |
| United States of America v. Nicholas Pecko |
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and theft of mail by a postal employee. Nicholas Pecko, age 33, of Vandling, Pennsylvania, allegedly stole two checks totaling $6,581.59 that were sent through the mail, intended to be delivered by the United States Postal Office. The indictment further alleges that Pecko executed a bank fraud sche $ (03-20-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Brett Michael Dadig |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with cyberstalking and making interstate threats. From May through November 2025, the Brett Michael Dadig, 31, traveled in interstate commerce to multiple states and used facilities of interstate commerce (such as his phone and the internet) with the intent to harass and intimidate numerous female victims, in man $ (03-20-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Christopher Knight |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law and falsification of records. On January 8, 2023, Christopher Knight, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blasted his first victim with pepper spray while the victim was lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his back. Knight then continued to spr $ (03-20-2026 - PA) |
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