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United States of America v. Michael Chick

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with cyberstalking an eight-year-old child.

Michael Chick, age 40, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking. Chick was arrested on a criminal complaint in August 2022 and was indicted on September 6, 2022.

Chick, a former school bus driver, began stalking an eight-year-old child on his bus route at least as earl

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United States of America v. Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala”

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking minors.

Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala,” 29, of Rome, Georgia, recruited two minor females (15 and 16 years of age) into prostitution for her own financial gain. The minor victims were stranded in Memphis, Tennessee, and were trying to get back home to California. Smith met them on a s

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United States of America v. Carlos Dominick Balams

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

On August 2, 2022, members of the Mobile Police Department responded to the Dollar Tree Store located at 5201 Cottage Hill Road, Mobile, Alabama, due to a report of an armed robbery. While officers were enroute to the location,

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United States of America v. Joshua Roberts, et al.

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering.

More than three dozen individuals have been sentenced for their involvement in a large-scale fraud and money laundering operation that targeted individuals, corporations, and financial institutions throughout the United States. The defendants used business email compromise schemes, roma

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United States of America v. Johnny Carl Sandefur

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a wallet gun, a type of firearm that can be easily concealed and must be registered under federal law.

Johnny Carl Sandefur, Jr., 52, of Macon, was charged with one count of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and one count of possession of an unregistered firearm.

“Violent criminal felo

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United States of America v. Jarvis Godwin

Brunswick, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

Jarvis Godwin, 39, of Homerville, Ga., was accused of distributing methamphetamin

“Methamphetamine and other highly addictive illegal drugs deliver devastation to communities, no matter how rural or populous,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “The Ware County area will b

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United States of America v. Andrew Lynn Overheul

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material.

On September 17, 2022, the parent of a 12-year-old child (MV1) contacted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) to report a complaint MV1 had made about finding a cellular phone recording her changing clothes and using the s

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United States of America v. Donald J. Trump

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

WILLFUL RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION/18:793
(1-31)

(a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, go

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United States of America v. Michael Gregory Schaefer

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

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United States of America v. Jose Manuel Najera-Fuentes

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250(a).


In accordance with the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), a detention hearing has been submitted to the Court. I have considered all the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g). I conclude that the following facts are established:

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United States of America v. Russell Hamblin

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of images depicting child sexual abuse material.

On January 14, 2008, Russell Hamblin, age 63, was convicted of receipt of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. As a result of his conviction, he was sentenced to prison and a lifetime term of supervised release. On April 12, 2022, duri

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United States of America v. Nicholas Steven Capella

Billing, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessed firearms and ammunition after law enforcement found 35 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his residence.

On August 2022, members of the Billings Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit were surveilling a residence in Laurel when Nicholas Steven Capella, 38, and another person l

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United States of America v. Jaiden Gyvan Petersen

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.

This case stemmed from a CyberTip or a notice to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting the online exploitation of children. The FBI received the CyberTip, which originated from Snapchat, indicating child pornography had traveled across Snapcha

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United States of America v. Elmer Rodriguez, a/k/a Gordo

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Conduct Affairs of an Enterprise through Pattern of Racketeering Activing, etc.

A federal jury found Elmer Rodriguez, a/k/a Gordo, guilty of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, one count of attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and one count of use of a

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United States of America v. Arman Grigoryan

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining almost $3 million in COVID-19 business loans and jobless benefits,

Arman Grigoryan, 42, pleaded guilty in October 2021 to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He has been in federal custody since July 2022 after a court determined he had violated the terms of his pretrial

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United States of America v. Michael Melgaard

Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of attempted production of child pornography.

Beginning in January of 2022, an investigation involving Michael Melgaard, age 54, of Alda, Nebraska, was instituted. As a result of the investigation, several search warrants were received and executed for Melgaard’s home and electronic devices. Melgaa

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United States of America v. Raul Tomas Mata

Aberdeen, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Raul Tomas Mata, age 22, was was indicted for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury by a federal grand jury in July of 2022. He pleaded guilty on March 14, 2023.

On April 29, 2022, in Little Eagle, within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, M

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United States of America v. Mohamed Ali Hussein and Lul Bashir Ali

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mohamed Ali Hussein, ate 53, and Lul Bashir Ali, age 57, both of Faribault, admitted that between June 2020 and January 2022, they knowingly and willfully conspired with othe

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Joseph Anthony Amante v. Deputy Tyler Bachman, et al.

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants unreasonably deprived him of access to the bathroom; two, he was unreasonably strip searched in front of six officers; and three, officers used excessive force against him in the cell or failed to intervene in the use of such force against him.


In July 2020, Joseph Anthony Amante was arrested on the stree

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United States of America v. Daniel Joseph Guenther

Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Daniel Guenther, 58, of Louisville was indicted for attempting to access with intent to view child pornography after having been previously convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography and child molesting.

In 2007, Guenther had previously been convicted of

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Kody Austin Ketring v. City of Loveland, et al.

Cincinnati, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an excessive force theory.


Following a police investigation which resulted in a bite from a police dog, Plaintiff Kody Ketring brought this lawsuit against the City of Loveland and several police officers. The defendants removed the matter to federal court. (Doc. 1.) Following discovery, Defendants mov

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United States of America v. Bernard Jakits

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation and pornography.

In January 2019, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office received information relating to two potential exploitation victims. Forensic examination of cell phones and other electronic devices revealed that Bernard Jakits, age 72,, of Annapolis, Maryland, had communicated via text mes

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United States of America v. Zane Michael Bonner

Hattiesburg, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Zane Michael Bonner, 44, was found to be in possession of a cellular telephone at his rehabilitation center residence in Hattiesburg from which forensics recovered over 2,500 visual depictions of child sexual abuse material of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

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Garrett Hoffman v. Bear Chase Brewing Company, LLC

Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

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United States of America v. Deja Nicole Taylor

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and unlawful user of controlled substance while possessing a firearm.

Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was charged for having a gun and letting a child take it to school.


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