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United States of America v. James L. Hattten, II

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S. 1591.

Federal and state laws treat
trafficking a minor as a severe felony, defining a minor as anyone under the age of 18. A key component of these laws is that a minor cannot legally consent to commercial sex acts or forced labor, meaning prosecutors do not

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State of Nebraska v. Ryan Agustin

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child enticement.

Ryan Agustin, 38, of Bellevue, a former Bellevue Police officer, is accused for manufacturing child sexual abuse pornography.

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THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellant v. DALTON WAYNE WARD, Appellee

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, Appellant, appeals from an order sustaining Appellee's motion to dismiss a charge of assault and battery on a police officer filed in the District Court of Mayes County, Case No. CF-2019-295. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing on Appellee's motion to dismiss, and, relying on McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), and Hogner v. State, 2021 OK CR 4, 500 P.3d

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United States of America v. Charles “Chuck” Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Charles “Chuck” Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county of public funds for years.<

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Abigail Zwerner v. Ebony Parker, et al.

Newport News, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a gross negligence claim.

Abigail Zwerner, a first-grad teacher in Newport News, Virginia was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023. She sued Ebony Parker claiming that the assistant principal failed and refused to respond to four separate reports from staff members

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State of Wisconsin v. Jeffrey Rupnow

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death.

Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, the father of Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow who shot and killed two people at Abundant Life Christian School.

Authorities claim that the Defendant wr

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State of Oklahoma v. Lando McCullah

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with child abuse and murder.

Landon McCullah, who is charged with Murder in the first degree (death of a child by injuring, torturing, or maiming).

The affidavit states the infant had several broken ribs, bilateral retinal bleeding, a swollen brain, and bruises on the face, back, hips, neck, arms, and le

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T.N. v. First Baptist Church of Pierce City

Mount Vernon, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a corporate negligence theory.

The uncontroverted material facts establish that FBC is a Southern Baptist church and that Plaintiff participated in FBC's youth ministries program.A youth pastor led FBC's youth ministries program and transported participants, including Plaintiff and others, to and from said

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State of Oklahoma v. Dustin Joel Walker

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged sexually abusing a child.
by Kent Morlan

Dustin Joel Walker, age 34, is charged with:

1. SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12 (FELONY)

2. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)

3. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)

4. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY

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United States of America v. Eskender Getchew

Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribed controlled substances, including opioids, without a legitimate medical purpose.

kender Getachew is a medical doctor who operated a clinic in Columbus, Ohio, that provided treatment to patients suffering from opioid addiction. The federal government alleged that Dr. Getachew unlawfully pres

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United States of America v. Charles “Chuck” Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson

Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit theft.

Charles “Chuck” Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county

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State of Ohio v. John Doe and Jane Doe

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse.

A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were the parents of the infants and the girl concealed the pregnancy. When the infant died, the parents allegedly buried the infant at the Karl Road location.

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State of Oklahoma v. timmy Lee Stidman and Bryant Rodney Stidman

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ANC, ABUSE/EXPLOITATION/ NEGLECT OF VULNERABLE ADULT, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.4
Date of Offense: 08/04/2025
STIDMAN, BRYANT RODNEY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/07/2025. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: ABUSE/EXPLOITATION/ NEGLECT OF VULNERABLE ADULT(ANC)

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State of Oklahoma v. Daniel Murray Patty

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: CHPA, AGGRAVATED POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1040.12a
Date of Offense: 02/13/2025
PATTY, DANIEL MURRAY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/03/2025. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY(CHPM2)
Violation o

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State of Texas v. Michael Richardson and Gayle Bell

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with abuse of corpses.

Michael Richardson, 72, and Gayle Bell, 63, — the co-owners of Richardson Mortuary were charged with abuse of a corpse. More than 100 bodies, some cremated and some awaiting embalmment were found on the property.

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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services v, D.V.

Austin, Texas, family law lawyer represent Defendant in a parental termination action.

As future-Chief Justice Pope explained for the Court nearly half a century ago, for example, "[a]ctions which break the ties between a parent and child can never be justified without the most solid and substantial reasons," and so "in an action which permanently sunders those ties," the "proceedings [sh

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United States of America v. William Wellington Hooper, Jr.

Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to
produce child sexual abuse material, production of child sexual abuse material, and two
counts of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), (e), 2422(b).

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United States of America v. Sean Christian Parker

Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted interference with commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1951(a).

Appellate courts review the reasonableness of a sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) using an
abuse-of-discretion standard, regardless of whether [the sentence is] inside, just outside, or
significant

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State of Oklahoma v. Bonita Rose Buffalohead

Cherokee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic abuse, assault and battery.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Taven Jaquin Glasgow

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking review of the revocation of hsi probation.

In or around 2010, Glasgow sexually abused his two minor half-brothers. The victims reported the abuse in 2012. The Commonwealth charged Glasgow with two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact or communication with a minor, incest,

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State of Maine v. Heather M. Hodgson

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
domestic violence reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 211-A(1)(A), 1604(5)(A) (2025); domestic violence criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. §§ 209-A(1)(A), 1604(5)(A) (2025); and endangering the welfare of a child (Class D), 17-A M.R.S. § 554(1)(C)

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State of Maine v. Kenneth M. Case, Jr.

Bath, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
three counts of gross sexual assault, three counts of domestic violence assault, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Chase is the victim's father. Chase sexually assaulted the victim more times than she could count. The earliest assault that the victim could remember occurred when she was

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United States of America v. Richard Adamsky

Philadelphia, PA 1criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography Offenses.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard Adamsky, 66, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

The defendan

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United States of America v. Peter Bardunias

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor.

Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the F

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State of Oklahoma v. Keisha Albert

Tulsa, Oklahoma, family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination case.

¶ 1 Appellant Keisha Albert (Mother) appeals an Order terminating her parental rights to her minor children, R.A., W.A., Z.A. and A.A., upon a unanimous jury verdict finding Mother failed to correct the conditions leading to the adjudication of the children as deprived pursuant to 10A O.S

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