Car Wreck Law
 
United States of America v. Fernanda Itzel Rivas

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.

n July 24, 2024, Rivas was arrested at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry in El Paso, Texas. Rivas had over seven kilograms of cocaine in her car at the time of her arrest. Rivas also had her five-year-old son and six-month-old daughter in the car. Rivas was char

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez

Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death.

On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de

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United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole

Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for “drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.” JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies

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United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats.

Bryan Conley created fake dating profiles to lure and trick two female victims: a minor (A.Y.) and an adult (R.W.). Using the dating platform PlentyofFish.com, Conley created profiles posin

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The State of Texas v. Jeremiah Navarro

New Braunfels, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with resisting arrest.

On April 25, 2014, three 911 hang-up calls were received from an upholstery business, and officers were dispatched to the location.4 When Officer Brian Turner arrived, he found the Defendant's mother outside. Her hair, neck, chest, arms, and hands were covered in transmission fluid.

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State of Georgia v. Yoshay Carter

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charge with aggravated assault.

Yoshay Carter, age 51, shot a juvenile male who broke into his car.

Under Georgia Code §16-3-21, individuals are permitted to use force to defend themselves against unlawful force. Additionally, Georgia Code §16-3-23.1—commonly known as the state’s "stand your ground" law

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State of Kansas v. James Standefer

Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with second-degree murder.

James Standefer, ate 37, was charged with shooting and killing Jesse Rau, age 43, on January 7, 2026. Rau was found in hsi car suffering from a gunshot would. A passenger in the car was also wounded.

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United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute.

During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith’s car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessi

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United States of America v. Kirill Afanasyev

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Jose Vicente Badillo, Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio conspired to defraud an auto insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Afanasyev purchased in May 2019. The Indictment alleges that, when Afanasyev bought

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United States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18
U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.

In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative or a rel

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United States of America v. Darese Deandre Haile

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with car jacking.

Darese Haile (and an unidentified individual) carjacked four Lyft drivers.

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Alicia Rowe v. State Mutual Insurance Company

Belfast, Maine insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who brought a reach-and-apply action that Rowe brought pursuant to 24-A M.R.S. § 2904 (2019).[1] See Ashe v. Enter. Rent-A-Car, 2003 ME 147, ¶ 14, 838 A.2d 1157 ("The reach and apply statute . . . enables a judgment creditor to have insurance money applied to the satisfaction of [a] judgment by bringing an action against the judgment debt

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State of Vermont v. Karen Norton

Middlebury, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Defendant was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after a police officer observed the passenger-side wheels of defendant's car leave the paved portion of the road twice in quick succession. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence collected during th

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David Timoshenko v. Mitual Shah, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence claim.

The Plaintiff claimed that he was injured and/or damaged in a car wreck on January 24, 2023 in Broken Arrow.

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Lesa Underwood, et al. v. Arelena Tso, et al.

Lawton, Oklahoma personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence car wreck case.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available

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Amanda Whitlow v. Diana Patricia Anzol Melo

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence car wreck case.

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April Georgi v. Rodrigo Ferreira

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.

The Plaintiff claimed that she was injured and/or damages in a car wreck caused by the Defendant.

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William Leonhardt and Sophia Ball v. Layne Burton

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a car wreck negligence theory.

The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.

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Billie Krummrei v. Kristen Schittino

Norman, Oklahoma. personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence clai

Plaintiff claimed that she was injured and/or damaged in a car wreck that occurred on October 16, 2024 caused by the Defendant's failure to exercise due care in the operation of her motor vehicle.

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Christopher Rackley v. Hai Nguyen

Norman, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.

Plaintiff claimed that that he was injured and/or damaged in a car wreck negligently caused by the Defendant that occurred on November 28, 2023.

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Akowissa Dato-Apolgan v. Haley Aryanne Howertown, et al.

Norman, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.

The Plaintiff claimed to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck, on February 9, 2024, negligently caused by the Defendant.

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Briana Lynn Bettes v. Alexis Amelia Skinner

Norman, Oklahoma, personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a car wreck claim.

The Plaintiff claimed that she was injured and/or damaged in a car wreck that occurred on November 16, 2022 on West Robinson Street in Norman caused by the negligence of the Defendant.

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State of Florida v. Tyree Dortch

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will be presented the Defendant charged with attempted sexual battery and car burglary with assault or battery.

Tyree Dortch, age 17, was accused of assaulting a female in a parked car.

"He went into her car. He went around and got into her passenger side. She had no clue who he was," Pensacola Police Officer Mike Wood said on Wednesday

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United States of America v. Davon S. Tooley

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

In April 2022, Tooley’s car struck a truck. Tooley asked the truck driver not to call the
police because he had drugs and a firearm in his car, but the driver declined his request and
called the police. Tooley fled on foot but was quickly apprehe

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United States of America v. Michael Osborn Thomas

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute
methamphetamine.

In 2017, Thomas pled guilty to several state charges, including the delivery of cocaine
and methamphetamine, and was sentenced to prison. In late 2019, he was released on parole.
Within a few weeks of his release, he had returned to drug trafficking

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