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State of Oklahoma v. Denyell Demond Murphy

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

SEXUAL BATTERY (FELONY) (REDUCED/AMENDED FROM LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS TO CHILD UNDER 16 (FELONY))

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State of Oklahoma v. William Christopher Perry

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

1. POSSESSION OF CDS (MISDEMEANOR) (REDUCED/AMENDED FROM POSSESSION OF CDS METHAMPHETAMINE WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (FELONY))

2. POSSESS FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF A FELONY

3. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AFCF (FELONY)

4. DOMESTIC ABUSE-ASSAULT AND BATTERY (MISDEAMENOR) (RE

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera

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

Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist

According to the criminal complaint, Herrera lived with her sister, Laura Ramriez, Bella’s stepmother, and Ramriez’s husband, Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr., Bella’s bio

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United States of America v. Gavin Michael Harold

Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with activities regarding material constituting child pornogrpahy.

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State of Oklahoma v. Bethany A. Arthur

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: CHN, CHILD NEGLECT, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (C)(D)
Date of Offense: 03/01/2021
ARTHUR, BETHANY A
Disposed: DISMISSED, 09/17/2025. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: CHILD NEGLECT(CHN)
Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (C)(D)
Coun

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United States of America v. Joseph Baran

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation of Illegal Aliens

A Derry man was indicted for distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces.

Joseph Baran, 55, was previously arrested and charged by criminal complaint. He appeared in federal court on August 21, 2025.

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State of Colorado v. John Hallford

Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with hundreds of felonies.

Jon Hallford entered a “Not Guilty” plea in the case stemming from a 2023 investigation into a Return to Nature Funeral Home-owned facility in Penrose, Colorado.

Law enforcement officers determined Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Halford, owned the building wher

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State of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.

On July 16, 1997, Roark was caring for his girlfriend’s 13-month-old child when he later discovered
the child unconscious that afternoon at home. After undergoing examination, it was medically
determined that the one-year-old had been violently shaken and Roark was charged with injury to a

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State of Tennessee v. Leopold Mpawinayo

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape of a child.

Leopold Mpawinayo was accused of picked up the victim, who was a stranger to him and who was 12-years-old, and raped her. Although the victim reported the crime immediately, the DNA didn’t hit CODIS (the national DNA crime database) until five years later. Mpawinayo was then connecte

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State of Tennessee v. Daireus Ice

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl.

The victim, now 12-year-old, testified, recounting the assault and its enduring impact. Her mother and brother also provided testimony, while family members remained present throughout the proceedings, steadfast in their pursuit of justice.

“Although

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The People of the State of California v. Marion Salinas

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and child abuse.

On September 3, 2025, Mario Salinas was convicted by a jury of 15 counts lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. The jury also found a multiple victim enhancement to be true and that the victims were particularly vulnerable; the crime was carried out in a m

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The People of the State of California v. Daniel Patrick Rodriguez, Jr.

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder.

Daniel Patrick Rodriguez Jr. (42) was charged with murder in connection to a fatal stabbing on September 10, 2025. Mr. Rodriguez is scheduled to be arraigned on September 16, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in Department 19 at the Hall of Justice. The District Attorney’s Office will move to have him det

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State of Oregon v. James J. Alfonsi, Vladimir I. Tishenko, Domonique L. William, Kai’Leif L. Newcom

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with human trafficking.

A months-long investigation conducted by the Portland Police Bureau’s Human Trafficking Unit (HTU), in coordination with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA), has led to the successful prosecution and sentencing of four individuals in a case involving the trafficking

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State of Colorado v. Daniel Ryan Clark

Arvada, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampering with a deceased human body, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.

Daniel Ryan Clark, age 31, is under investigation regading the death of 20-year-old woman whose body was found in a block box.

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United States of America v. David Bert Paycer

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under twelve years of age in Indian County.

The child sex abuse at issue here arose out of the brief marriage—from
January to May of 2021—between Paycer and Melissa Parsons. During the marriage,
Paycer received disability payments and did not work. Parsons worke

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United States of America v. Lester B. Robinson

Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography for taking explicit photographs of his niece, including some in which he was touching her genitals.

Lester B. Robinson filed a motion for compassionate release.

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State of Oklahoma v. Ronald Fetters

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: INC, INCEST, in violation of 21 O.S. 885
Date of Offense: 10/03/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
FETTERS, RONALD

Persons who, being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are by the laws of the state declared incestuous and void,

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The People of the State of California v. Hector Diazlozano

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of forcible lewd act upon a child and four counts lewd act upon a child.

In 2004, Diazlozano molested two sisters who lived in his neighborhood. One victim was 6 years old when she disclosed Diazlozano digitally penetrated her during a game of hide and seek. A second victim was seven years

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United States of America v. Christopher Todd Boudreau

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and
enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and possession of child
pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).

Detective Travis Wafstet works in the Missoula County
Sheriff’s Office and is also a member of the FBI’s Child

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United States of America v. Eric LaDeaux

Rapid City, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances (drugs).

LaDeaux was indicted in a second superseding indictment and made his first appearance on November 15, 2021, starting his speedy trial clock. 18 U.S.C. § 3161(c)(1). As relevant here, three approximately 90-day continuances followed. Codefendant

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State of Oklahoma v. K.K.S.

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ABGEN, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN THE PRESENCE OF A MINOR CHILD, in violation of 21 O.S. 644(G)
Date of Offense: 01/07/2025
Spikes, Kamala Kassiana
Disposed: DEFERRED, 09/15/2025. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED Assault and Battery - General(

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State of Oklahoma v. Zachary Neil Miller

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

ount # 1.
Count as Filed: ABOFF, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY, in violation of 21 O.S. 646
Date of Offense: 08/22/2024
MILLER, ZACHARY NEIL
Disposed: DISMISSED, 07/28/2025. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY(ABOFF)
Violation of 21 O.S. 6

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United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement

Federal Jury Convicts Former Assistant Director of Spokane Tribe’s Division of Child and Family Services of Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement

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State of Texas v. Kenneth Donald Haygood

Tyler, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault.

Kenneth Donald Haygood, 56, was indicted in 2023 on eight felony charges. These include six counts of sexual assault, one of sexually assaulting a child and one of practicing medicine without a license.

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United States of America v. Todd Kelly

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Missouri Man Sentenced to 260 Months in Prison for Recording His Sexual Abuse of a Minor


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