Child Neglect Law
 
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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United States of America v. Chris Bao Nguyen

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with eceipt of child pornography in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1).

The case against Chirs Bao Nguyen resulted from a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”) CyberTip report to the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (“LBI”). Homeland Security

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United States of America v. Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Between April 2021, and January 2022, Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius, age 36, from Farmhamville, Iowa, used an Internet-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) network known as “Freenet” to knowingly receive visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This case w

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United States of America v. Heather Dawn Smith, a/k/a Heather Dawn Yellow Owl

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Heather Dawn Smith, aka Heather Dawn Yellow Owl, 32, appeared for arraignment on a superseding information charging her with second degree murder and pleaded guilty to the crime.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court wi

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United States of America v. James C. Gibson

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using minors to engage in sexual activity and recording the activity.

In early November 2021, the mother of a minor born in 2010 contacted the Fennimore Police Department about inappropriate content she found on a phone that had been used by the minor. The investigation revealed that James C. Gibson, age 54,

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United States of America v. Rella Austin-Kimball

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Social Security fraud, health care fraud and theft of public money.

From about January 2005 through March 2021, Rella Austin-Kimball, 51, concealed the presence of her husband in her household and her receipt of alimony payments following divorce from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to maintain her eligib

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United States of America v. Eddie Scott Seaton

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving obscene images and possession of child pornography.

Testimony during the trial established that, on December 11, 2019, a Special Agent with the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations downloaded child pornography from someone using an IP address that returned to former Little Rock Police O

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United States of America v. Marquis Williams

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with creating pornographic images of children.

In February 2023, Marquis Williams, 31, of Shawnee pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.

According to court documents in May 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent information to the Shawnee Police Depart

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United States of America v. Danny Lee Jimenez

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felony in possession of a firearm.

The crime was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Elmore prosecuted the case.

18 U.S.C. 922(g) provides:

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) who has been convicted in

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United States of America v. Nicholas J. Veerkamp

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography.

Nicholas J. Veerkamp, 32, of Colerain Township, Ohio, was accused of sexually exploited a 9-year-old victim and a 12-year-old victim and kept images of the exploitation.

“This defendant has shown a consistent pattern of sexually abusing chi

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United States of America v. Darnell Fulton

Alexandria, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor and transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution of $979,800 to the victims.

Between June 2016 and May 2019, Darnell Fulton, 39, of Pineville, used violence, sexual abuse, withholding of food, degrad

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United States of America v. Samirah Boksmati

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a passport application and three counts of using a passport secured by false statements.

Samirah Boksmati, age 34, made multiple false representations to the U.S. State Department to secure United States passports for herself and her children and then used those passports obt

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Crystal Minnix, et al. v. Sinclair Television Group, Inc., et al.

Roanoke, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a slander theory.


In January 2022, the Media defendants broadcast a news segment (the “Segment”) titled “COP'S ROLE IN JANUARY 6 ATTACK DIVIDES VIRGINIA TOWN WITH TIES TO CONFEDERACY.” Compl., ECF No. 1-1, at ¶ 1. Individual Media defendants
Dwyer, Thomas, and Yoo created this Segment,

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Joseph Clifton Smith v. Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections

Mobile, Alabama federal public defender's claimed that Defendant's Eighth Amendment Rights were violated.

Durk Van Dam was brutally murdered on November 23,
1997. Smith v. Campbell (“Smith III”), 620 F. App’x 734, 736 (11th Cir.
2015). Police found Van Dam’s body in an isolated area near his
pick-up truck in Mobile County. Id. On the same day that police
discov

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United States of America v. Dennis Hebert

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country.

The United States presented evidence that on July 21, 2021, in McAlester, Oklahoma, the defendant, Dennis Hebert, age 38, of Phenix City, Alabama, engaged in a sexual act with a child under the age of twelve. The government also called another witness who

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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian country.

Perry Maryboy, age 59, of Bluff, Utah, was accused of unlawfully shooting and killing a man during a roadside argument on April 3, 2018.

Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection of Country Road 443 and Summerhouse Road, escalated an ar

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The People v. Trezell and Jacqueline Phillip West

BAkersfield, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of willful cruelty to a child and false report of an emergency.

Trezell and Jacqueline West were accused to causing the deaths of Orrin and Orson West whose bodies have never been found.

001 F PC 187(A)>2ND MURDER:SECOND DEGREE FOUN

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State of Wisconsin v. Phillip Dellar

Oshkosh, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with First-Degree intentional homicide and domestic abuse.

Phillip Dellar was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Leianna Mule, by stabbing her 70-times in July of 2021.

The case was prosecuted by Amanda Nash

940.01(1)(a), which provides:

(1)  Offenses.
(a) Except as provided in su

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State of Florida v. Juan Jose Rodriguez

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Juan Jose Rodriguez, age 61, was three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Assistant State Attorney Adam Smith prosecuted the case.

800.04.5AB, which provides:

800.04 Lewd or lasciviou

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State of Michigan v. Henry Jones, Jr.

Kalamazoo, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder and first-degree child abuse.

Henry Jones Jr., age 18, at the time, was accused of causing the death of 18-month-old Dre’Quan Scott in November of 2020.

The child suffered significant trauma of his head, chest, abdomen, pelvis and back.

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United States of America v. Samirah Boksmati

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a passport application and three counts of using a passport secured by false statements.

Samirah Boksmati, age 34, made multiple false representations to the U.S. State Department to secure United States passports for herself and her children and then used those passports obtai

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United States of America v. Benjamin Morton

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.

An investigation was begun of Benjamin Morton, age 39, of Nampa, Idaho, when the Boise Police Department (BPD) received information that an adult male, pretending to be a juvenile online, had arranged to meet the 14-year-old victim. BPD later identified Morton as the suspect and determ

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United States of America v. Richard O'Connor

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including at least one video portraying masochistic sexual conduct involving a child.

Richard O’Connor, 45, of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography.

O’Connor formerly was employed as a fourth-grade teacher at Cresce

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United States of America v. Augustus “Gus” Shenker

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.

In May 2021, FBI received a cyber tip that Dropbox user Augustus "Gus" Shenker, age 23, of Little Rock, using an email address that contained his name, possessed seven videos containing child pornography. Investigators determined Shenker’s address and learned that he was emp

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United States of America v. Zachary Ryan Balusik

Toldeo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child porn.

Zachary Ryan Balusik, age 41, of Toledo, Ohio, was identified entering online chat rooms that involved streaming videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

On February 23, 2022, a search warrant was executed at Balusik’s residence in Toledo, Ohio where elec

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