Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. Shawn Patrick Douglas, age 41, of Newton, Alabama, was previously convicted in 2013 for possession of child sexual abuse material and received a 78-month federal prison sentence. After completing that sentence, Douglas was placed on supervised release for the remainde

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child sexual abuse material. Nix used social media platforms to entice minors to send him sexually explicit images of themselves. Johann Rainer Nix used popular social media platforms to lure and exploit minors. “Parents should monitor their children’s social media use because predators like N

Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dozens of federal animal welfare charges, along with possessing guns and manufacturing drugs. The Mitchell County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office and Code Enforcement Office responded to a citizen complaint of animal tethering and neglect at a 17-acre property owned by Dun Bradford in Sale City. Officers saw many pit

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in and around Miami-Dade County and elsewhere in the Southern District of Florida. The eight-count superseding indictment charges the following defendants—each a resident of Miami unless otherwise indicated—with drug trafficking conspiracy and related offenses: B

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape in the first degree in violation of 21 O.S. 1111 and lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16 in violation of 21 O.S. 1123. Joseph Lyle Campbell, 68, was a youth pastor in 1984. He is accused raped a girl age 11 or 12 in the garage of his home. In addition, he is accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl

Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud conspiracy resulting in significant losses to small businesses and community banks in more than a dozen states. Carlos Aquino Sosa, 26 years old, of Honduras, was sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by 1 year of supervised release after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit bank fr

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. An investigation began when Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) received CyberTip reports from an online messaging platform. A CyberTip is a report submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCMEC”). NCMEC gathers leads and tips regarding

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of material containing child pornography.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with rape and lewd acts involving a child under 16.

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding elderly victims out of over $8 million. Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica, 31, of Swedru, Ghana was part of a criminal network that targeted elderly victims in romance scams across the United States since 2023. Kumi was arrested in Ghana on December 11, 2025. According to the

Ashland, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. On January 17, 2025, Lonnie James Maynard, age 54, of Raccoon, Kentucky, engaged in the production of child pornography. Specifically, a search of Maynard’s phone revealed a Snapchat conversation in which he directed a minor child to send Maynard sexually explicit photos. At Ma

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing a series of armed robberies of businesses in October 2024. Maurice Harris, age 32, of Memphis, conducted a series of armed robberies of the following businesses within the Western District of Tennessee: October 4, 2024: Metro by T-Mobile - 4673 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, TN October

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, while also admitting to sexually exploiting six other minors. Between October 2018 and May 2019, Philip Taylor Sobash, age 35, of Austin, Texas, then a practicing physician, engaged in an online sexually explicit relationship with Minor Victim 1, who resided in the Middle Distric

Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of a child during his sexual assault of the victim and distributing child sexual abuse material through a mobile messaging application. The investigation of Keith Blake Clifton, 31, began after the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children alerted law enforcement authorities that a

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. On July 9, 2021, the victim’s mother reported her daughter missing. Shortly thereafter, authorities conducted a traffic stop after observing a vehicle with two men, including Brice Flickinger Flickinger as passenger, drop the minor victim off near her home. A search resulted in t

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal met

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography. In 2023, Victor Torres paid two different 13-to-14-year-old children to produce sexually explicit material to send to him online. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered Torres’s criminal activity when they received a CyberTip from an online money exchange pl

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Skyler Shoemaker, age 34, of Colorado City, Texas, used Facebook Messenger to send a sexually explicit video of a four- to six-year-old child to his girlfriend, Angel Bradford. Additionally, information presented at the sentencing hearing indicated that Shoemaker used various platfo

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material. Matthew Valkinburg, age 35, of Pueblo, Colorado, began uploading child sexual abuse material to his Discord account in 2023 when he was stationed in Colorado. Local authorities in Colorado determined that accounts tied to Valkinburg were responsible for the child sex

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping. Pendergrass, aka Elena Stukalkina, 35, resided in Alexandria prior to her daughter’s birth on May 21. Though a DNA test prior to birth confirmed the child’s paternity, Pendergrass ordered the father to cease and desist all communications. After the child was born, she list

Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material. On October 10, 2024, after leaving the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, Christopher Allan Johnson, 54, logged into Kik and joined a public group dedicated to incest. There, an undercover FBI task f

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Kurt Dobler, 31, of Syracuse, New York, admitted that he was convicted in February 2023 in Fulton County Court of possessing a sexual performance by a child and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation. While on probation for that crime, in May 2025 he knowingly possessed thousands o

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to produce child sexual abuse materials (CSAM, also known as child pornography). Jason McGrath, age 45, of South Burlington, Vermont corresponded with two people via an internet messaging application, offering to pay money for the production of original CSAM. McGrath sent money to th