| United States of America v. Bryce Hill |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Bryce Hill, age 28, of Seattle, Washington, was a member of the Phoenix-based Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization—a transnational criminal organization responsible for the distribution of millions of fentanyl pills, hundreds of pounds of methamphe $ (02-12-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Jason Brundige |
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Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance. Jason Brundige, age 51, of Ballston Spa, admitted to distributing cocaine on multiple occasions and, during one of those drug sales, displaying a loaded firearm to his drug customer. Brundige also admitted to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it from a hotel in Mal $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Lamar Williams, a/k/a "Black," a/k/a "Little Black," a/k/a "Chase Money Marz" |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketerring conspiracy, racketeering murder, and possession of a machine gun where death occurred. Lamar Williams, a/k/a "Black," a/k/a "Little Black," a/k/a "Chase Money Marz," accused of murdering 28-year-old Rasheed Barton on August 11, 2013, in the Bronx, New York. From at least 2013 to 2022, WILLIAM $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Joseph Llano |
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Rutland, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Joseph Llano, 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts, his uncles, Tanashe Edwards and Edwin Davila, and numerous other co-conspirators, that trafficked cocaine base and fentanyl from Massachusetts to Central Vermont. The group distributed drugs to a large number of custo $ (02-11-2026 - VT) |
| United States of America v. Ruben Wilson Mero-Vera |
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Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel. $ (02-11-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Celso Navarro Diaz |
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Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic more than five kilograms of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Celso Navarro Diaz was the head of an organization in Colombia that transported cocaine and marijuana from the Pac $ (02-10-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke |
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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke, 46, a.k.a. “Cool nene,” was the head of the Bagdad syndicate, the largest drug trafficking organization in Panama. From that position, Camargo directed the actions of approximately 4,000 narcotrafficker $ (02-09-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Lashawn Leroy Williams, Jr. |
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Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchasing of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Lashawn Leroy Williams, Jr., 24, purchased at least 21 firearms between September 2022 through December 2024 and falsely claimed he was not a drug user and provided a false address. Seven of t $ (02-08-2026 - IA) |
| United States of America v. Jewahn Lequez Walton and Preston Manning McDowell Jr. |
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Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and unlawful transport of firearms. Jewahn Lequez Walton, 28, and Preston Manning McDowell Jr., 26, each tossed loaded firearms from a vehicle driven by Walton while attempting to elude law enforcement in June 2024. In July 2024, McDowell possessed another firearm in Daven $ (02-08-2026 - IA) |
| United States of America v. Eric Matlock |
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Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. On October 9, 2024, Eric Matlock, 42, of Fordyce, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a two-count indictment for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distrib $ (02-08-2026 - AR) |
| United States of America v. Robert Crayton |
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Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of cocaine, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. On March 14, 2023, officers of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department stopped Robert Crayton on I-65. During a search of Crayton’s car, officers found approximately 2 kilograms of cocaine hidden behind the center console and und $ (02-07-2026 - IN) |
| United States of America v. Lamont Johnson |
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Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last October to the following charges in an indictment: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Contro $ (02-06-2026 - OH) |
| United States of America v. Corey Adkins |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Corey Adkins, 28, entered the guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer to (1) possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, and (2) possession o $ (02-03-2026 - PA) |
| State of Florida v. John Ray Melvin |
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West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony possession of a firearm. John Ray Melvin was accused of cocaine possession and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. $ (02-02-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Wilson Robert Mero-Castro, Ruben Wilson Mero-Vera and Gabriel Cruz-Joya |
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Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel An individual may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance on board a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 46:70506(b) C $ (01-30-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Juan Hernandez Flores |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering. A total of 18 defendants have now been sentenced in the culmination of a four-year-long investigation into a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) that specialized in transporting liquid methamphetamine by semi-truck from Mexico, through Texas, to Oklahoma City and elsewhere. According to law $ (01-29-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Mario Luis Rocha |
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Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute drugs and felny possession of a firearm. In August 2025, investigators learned that Mario Rocha, 27, Rocky Ford, Colorado, was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine out of his Rocky Ford home and that he was in possession of numerous firear $ (01-29-2026 - CO) |
| United States of America v. Rogelio Pena |
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Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Rogelio Pena, 22, distributed large amounts of fentanyl pills. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen people who was indicted in the case in May 2024. The 18-month wiretap investigation revealed that Pena was a trusted member of the conspiracy both for delivering drugs and for having access t $ (01-29-2026 - WA) |
| United States of America v. Marcos Gonzalez |
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Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Between December 2023 and June 2024, Gonzalez served as the leader of a conspiracy that trafficked more than thirty kilograms of cocaine from the southern border to Dane County, Wisconsin. As part of the conspiracy, Gonzalez arranged for the cocaine to be smuggled from Mexico i $ (01-23-2026 - Wi) |
| United States of America v. Israel Ortiz Velasco |
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Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering conspiracy and a conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, including 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine. From approximately June to December 2017, Israel Ortiz Velasco, 33, agreed with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, knowing an $ (01-23-2026 - KY) |
| United States of America v. Kwahpreme Mitchell |
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Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Kwahpreme Mitchell, age 34, of Watervliet, New York, admitted to receiving firearms from Jonathon Combs and Martin Taft that they had stolen from Calamity Jane’s Firearms and Fine Shoes, a federally licens $ (01-25-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez |
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Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Alejandro Macias represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On April 2, 2024, Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, and Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 26, of Georgia, were stopped for a traffic violation in Nacogdoches County. During the stop, law enforcement noticed an open con $ (01-23-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu |
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Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl and cocaine while armed and with the intent to distribute the drugs, and felon in possession of a firearm. On July 13, 2023, military police found Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu, of Fayetteville, passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the road on Fort Bragg with dru $ (01-23-2026 - NC) |
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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44, $ (01-23-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Carlos Orense Azocar |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and related weapons charges. Carlos Orense Azocar and his drug trafficking organization distributed tons of cocaine destined for importation into the United States. ORENSE AZOCAR helped transport, receive, and distribute loads of cocaine ranging from hu $ (01-21-2026 - NY) |
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