Child Custody Law
 
United States of America v. Andy Clay Cruz

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of failure to appear before a court as required by conditions of release. Andry Cruz, 40, who previously resided in Oakland, was initially charged by complaint on Oct. 11, 2023, and by indictment on October 25, 2

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United States of America v. Guramrit Sidhu

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute and to Possess with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Export Controlled Substances, and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. From September 13, 2022, to October 24, 2022, Guramrit Sidhu, 62, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, orchestrated the distribution of eight separ

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United States of America v. James “Jimmy” Has The Eagle, Jr.

Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country. On July 17, 2024, Jane Doe 1 and James “Jimmy” Has The Eagle, Jr., 41, caught a ride to a residence in Lodgepole. Has The Eagle started getting angry at Jane Doe 1 and started beating on her in the vehicle. When they got close to the

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United States of America v. Jamal Tatum

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Jamal Tatum, 45, of Glendale, California, was accused of producing child pornography. On June 26, 2024, the FBI National Threat Operations Center received an online tip regarding a user of the Kik platform soliciting sexually explicit videos from a minor (Minor Victim 1). The tip

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United States of America v. Pry’Shayn Mosley

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. Pry’Shayn Mosley, 21, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that between May 2022 and October 2022 he enticed two minors under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce visual depictions of such conduct. Mosley furthe

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United States of America v. Robert Graham Ward

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

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United States of America v. Tong Chen

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

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United States of America v. Bailey Michael Stouter

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

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United States of America v. Ryan Patrick Garrett

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.

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United States of America v. Cody Ray Brewer

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

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United States of America v. Jeffrey Brent Thomas

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

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United States of America v. Cameron David Joshua Cox

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

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United States of America v. Anika Bywter

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

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State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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.

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State of Oklahoma v. L.G.B.

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

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United States of America v. Brett Michael Dadig

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

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United States of America v. Javon Morse

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. On December 13, 2017, Javon Morse was sentenced in Bridgeport federal court to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine. He was released from prison in January 2021. On October 14, 2

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United States of America v. Anthony Hamel

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child porn. Anthony Hamel, 25, of Cowansville, Quebec, Canada, applied to enter the United States from Canada at the Morses Line Port of Entry (POE) on May 9, 2025. Based on his responses to screening questions, Hamel was referred to a secondary inspection by the Customs and Border Protection Offic

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United States of America v. Marc Jacques

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Marc Jacques, 52, was charged with the possession of child sexual abuse material. According to the charging and other public documents, on March 18, 2024, Jacques pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material. On September 9, 2024, the Court

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United States of America v. Juan Carlos Popoca

Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine Juan Carlos Poppa, 38, of Tifton, was accused of operating a drug ring out of prison. Haley Maria Sumner, 34, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison on Jan. 29, 2026, after she pleaded guilty to one count of distrib

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United States of America v. Scott Oranje

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On November 10, 2025, police officer intercepted a package added to Scott Oranje, in Mary Esther, Florida. The package c

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United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Powers Act and Wire Fraud. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, of Miami, Florida, conspired with others to siphon money from Nodus Bank, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure in 2023. Niembro and his co-conspirators concealed from other Nodus Bank board members and execut

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State of Oklahoma v. Zachariah Ezekiel

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5(E) Date of Offense: 12/15/2021 GOODNIGHT, ZACHARIAH EZEKIEL Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/12/2026. Jury Trial Count as Disposed: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE(CHSA) Violation of 21 O.S. 843.5(E) Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHSA, CHILD SEX

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State of Oklahoma v. Donald Lee Gilson

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Donald Lee Gilson was tried by jury for First Degree Murder (21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(C)), Case No. CF-96-245; five counts of Injury to a Minor Child (10 O.S.Supp.1995, § 7115), Case No. CF-96-256; Conspiracy to Unlawfully Remove a Dead Body (21 O.S.1991, § 421(A)(5)), (Count I) and Unlawful Removal of a Dead Body (

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State of Oregon v. Travis James Douglas Johnson

Newport, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, ORS 163.670 (Count 1); luring a minor, ORS 167.057 (Count 2); contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, ORS 163.435 (Count 3); and third-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.415 (Count 4). * * * The Oregon Constitution permits an amendment to an indictme

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