Child Endangerment Law
 
United States of America v. Daniel Allen Sharpe

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to sexually abuse a minor in Indian Country.

8 USC 2422(b) - Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor; FORFEITURE ALLEGATION: 18 USC 1467 and 2428 - Child Exploitation and Obscenity Forfeiture
Dismissed

18 USC 1470 - Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor; FORFEITURE ALLE

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State of West Virginia v. Maurice Wilson and Desiree Davis

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.

Maurice Wilson, 44, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime and Desiree Davis, 28, who was allegedly driving the vehicle, is charged with attempted murder, according to jail records.(MGN

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United States of America v. Thomas reed Ratliff, a/k/a Reed Ratliff

Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of
child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2).

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State of Florida v. Natalia Munoz‑Paulino

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Natalia Munoz‑Paulino, 26, is accused for abusing her child by exposing her to lethal levels of cocaine and methamphetamine.

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Wilbert Rivera v. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company doing business as M&T Bank Corporation

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a
Family & Medical Leave Act violation theory.

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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that offers eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually for certain family and medical situations, along with continued group health benefits. The FMLA app

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United States of America v. Dale Howe

Concord, New Hamphsire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.

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United States of America v. Kenneth Gianatasio

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distributing child pornography and two counts of possessing child pornography.

The statute for the distribution count carries a minimum of 5 years (60 months) and a maximum of 20 years (240 months) in prison. And the statute for the possession counts carries a maximum of 20 years (240 months

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State of Oklahoma v.Alanna Alexandra Stanton

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

Child Neglect

Reported by: Criminal Defense Lawyer Kent Morlan

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United States of America v. gregory Allen Moore

West Palm Beach, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

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State of Alabama v. David Smith

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer is represented the Defendant charged with capital murder because it allegedly happened during a burglary, another capital murder charge because the child present was less than 14 years of age, and another capital murder charge of two or more persons.

David Smith was accused of breaking into a women's shelter and shot the mother of his child.

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United States of America v. Jordan Frazier Payne

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and child neglect in Indian Country.

Jordan Frazier Payne was accused of killing the minor child victim by blunt force trauma to the head.

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State of Colorado v. Darrel Killebrew

Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony menacing, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, child abuse and second-degree criminal tampering.

Denver Deputy Sheriff Darrel Killebrew is accused of multiple felonies, including child abuse.

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United States of America v. Ryan R. Vandyke

Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

Section 922(g)(8)(C)(ii) prohibits firearm possession by an individual subject to a court order that “by its terms
explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against [an] intimate partner or child that
would

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Doe v. Doe

Grangeville, Idaho, family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination case.

In 2017, Mother and Doe had a sexual relationship which resulted in Child being born. While in jail, Mother found out that she was pregnant; Mother let Doe know he could be the father. Doe was not listed as Child's father on Child's birth certificate. Doe was incarcerated in 2018 when Ch

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State of Nebraska v. Ivell M. Hagens

Omaha, Nebraska, first degree sexual assault of a child, a Class IB felony 1; incest
with a person under age 18, a Class IIA felony 2; and tampering with physical evidence.

1. Convictions: Appeal and Error. In an appeal of a criminal convic -
tion, an appellate court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable
to the prosecution.

2. Convictions: Evidence: Appeal an

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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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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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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Rutherford

Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of conspiracy first-degree wanton endangerment for discharging a firearm, and engaging in organized crime.

William Rutherford, age 22, was arrested and charged in connection to three gang-related shootings in Lexington that happened in April 2025,

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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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