Brooklyn, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with racketeering.

R & B singer R. Kelley was charged with racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, kidnapping, bribery and sex trafficking.... More...   $0 (09-27-2021 - NY)

Fort Wayne, IN: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted production of child pornography.

Kevin Hartleroad, 64, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was charged with attempted production of child pornography.

In February 2020, Hartleroad attempted to coerce a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - IN)

Covington, KY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child pornography.

Kevin Villamar, 29, was charged with production of child pornography.

Villamar admitted to traveling from Ohio to Boone County, Kentucky, on August 8, 2020, to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Villamar filmed the sexual conduct on his iPhone and se... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - KY)

Dallas, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting children.

Juan Navarro, Jr., 38, was charged with sexual exploitation of two six-year-old girls and possession of child pornography.

Mr. Navarro admitted that in 2019, he enticed a female child into engaging in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing images of such conduct. ... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - TX)

Wichita Falls, TX: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual assault of an 8-month=old child, retaliation against the Child's mother and cruelty to animals.

Adam Matthew Hammond, age 21, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, retaliation and cruelty to a non-livestock animal in connection with March 27, 2018. ... More...   $0 (09-24-2021 - TX)

Pocatello, ID: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography.

Tel James Boam, age 39, was charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography.

Beginning in September 2019, after an individual reported finding videos of a nude minor on Boam... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - iD)

Tulsa, OK: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with lewd acts with a child under 16 in Indian Country,... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - OK)

Burlington, VT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with child exploitation and possession of child pornography.

Alexander Chase, 25, of Barre, Vermont, was indicted for child exploitation crimes, including obtaining images from a child victim and distributing them to others via email. In the summer of 2019, Chase posed as a 14-year-old boy on a child chat website. Chas... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - VT)

Portland, ME: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing images of child sexual exploitation and violating the terms of his supervised release.

Robert Goguen, 46, was indicted for possessing images of child sexual exploitation. According to court records, on November 10, 2015, U.S. probation officers went to Goguen’s apartment in Bangor and seized a laptop com... More...   $0 (09-21-2021 - ME)

Atlanta, GA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme, and for bank fraud, and making false statements to a financial institution related a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application.

Maurice Fayne planned to use the PPP program as a cover for his long-running Ponzi scheme. The funds the program supp... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - GA)

Miami, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials.

Lee Jasperse, 67, using the screenname “Dandy Daddyâ€� used a mobile application to communicate with individuals about child sexual abuse material and trade the same. He was found to be in possession of more than 4000 images and videos of child sexual abuse... More...   $0 (09-20-2021 - FL)

Charleston, WV: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking a 17-year-old female.

Kristen Naylor-Legg, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor under the age of 18.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on two separate occasions in June 2020, Naylor-Legg entered into an agreement with her co-defe... More...   $0 (09-19-2021 - WV)

Wichita, KS: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child pornography after prior conviction.

Clinton Wade McElroy, 49, of Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography after a prior conviction. According to court documents, McElroy admitted that between May 2020 and June 2020, he persuaded an 8-year-old child to produce sexually ex... More...   $0 (09-19-2021 - KS)

San Diego, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with 113 counts of hate crimes.

John T. Earnest, age 22, of Rancho Penasquitos pleaded guilty in federal court today to a 113-count hate crimes indictment, admitting that he set fire to an Escondido mosque and opened fire in a Poway synagogue because he wanted to kill Muslims and Jews. The religiously- and racially-motiv... More...   $0 (09-19-2021 - CA)