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United States of America v. Fernanda Itzel Rivas

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.

n July 24, 2024, Rivas was arrested at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry in El Paso, Texas. Rivas had over seven kilograms of cocaine in her car at the time of her arrest. Rivas also had her five-year-old son and six-month-old daughter in the car. Rivas was char

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State of Florida v. Chang Yang, Yuping Song, and Yihong Luo

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with prostitution at three massage parlors.

In Florida, all forms of prostitution, solicitation, and related activities are illegal, with penalties increasing for repeat offenses and procurement of a minor.

Penalties range from misdemeanor charges with fines and jail time for a first offense to felonies f

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United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole

Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for “drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.” JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies

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United States of America v. Devin Charles Staller

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

18:922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2)-Felon in Possession of a Firearm; 18:924(d)(1), and 28:2461(c)-Firearm Forfeiture

18:1151, 1153, and 113(a)(3)-Assault With a Dangerous Weapon in Indian Country

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United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats.

Bryan Conley created fake dating profiles to lure and trick two female victims: a minor (A.Y.) and an adult (R.W.). Using the dating platform PlentyofFish.com, Conley created profiles posin

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Javar Geter

Harrisberg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer will represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Javar Geter, age 32, was accused for two shootings in Harrisburg on Monday evening are connected, according to Harrisburg police.

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United States of America v. Emmanuel Gonzalez

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

Google A.I.:

Federal conspiracy to distribute controlled substances is a serious criminal charge under
21 U.S.C. § 846 that targets an agreement between two or more individuals to violate federal drug laws, such as manufacturing or distributing illegal drugs

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United States of America v. Kayla Ramos

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.

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21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and (b)(1)(C)
is a federal statute that makes it unlawful to knowingly possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, or to manufacture or distribute it. The "

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United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute.

During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith’s car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessi

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State of Oklahoma v. J.J.A.

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

1. MAINTAINING A VEHICLE FOR THE KEEPING/SELLING OF CONTROLLED DRUGS

2. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

3. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Reported by: Criminal Defense Lawyer Kent Morlan

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State of Oklahoma v. M.D.C.

Sapulpa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan is representing the Defendant charged with:

1. BRING CONTRABAND (WEAPONS/EXPLOSIVES/DRUGS/INTOX BEV/PENAL INST)

2. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

3. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

The Defendant will likely file a motion to

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State of Oregon v. Kenneth Scott Evers Hood

Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully manufacturing a Schedule I controlled substance, ORS 475.752.

The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him.

The Oregon appellate courts review the trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence gathered during a warrantless search for legal error. State v. Ehly, 317 Or

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State of Idaho v. Dominick Anthony Licari, Jr.

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Dominick Anthony Licari, Jr., pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c) and the district court imposed a unified sentence of seven years, with a minimum period of incarceration of two years, retained jurisdiction, and subsequently place

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State of Arizona v. Trint Kleinman

Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, a class 2 non-dangerous felony.

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United States of America v. Tallon Joseph Hoogeboom

Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (drugs).

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United States of America v. Marcius Haywood

Fayetteville, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute More than 500 Grams of a Mixture/Substance Containing Methamphetamine.

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John Hogner v. State of Oklahoma

¶1 Appellant Travis John Hogner was charged and tried by jury for Feloniously Pointing a Firearm (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 1289.16) or in the alternative Domestic Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (21 O.S.Supp.2014, § 644) (Count I); Possession of a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony (21 O.S. Supp.2014, § 1283) (Counts II and III); Kidnapping (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 751 (Count V); Interferenc

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State of Oklahoma v. M.D.G.

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

LARCENY OF CONTROLLED DRUGS, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-403

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State of Oklahoma v. B.W.D.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wih:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: BH, THREATENING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1378 A
Date of Offense: 07/29/2025
DIXON, BRENDAN WADE
Disposed: DISMISSED, 11/06/2025. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Disposed: THREATENING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE(BH)
Violatio

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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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United States of America v. Bradden Kyle Brown

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing a controlled substance.

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United States of America v. Eskender Getchew

Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully prescribed controlled substances, including opioids, without a legitimate medical purpose.

kender Getachew is a medical doctor who operated a clinic in Columbus, Ohio, that provided treatment to patients suffering from opioid addiction. The federal government alleged that Dr. Getachew unlawfully pres

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United States of America v. Charles “Chuck” Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson

Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit theft.

Charles “Chuck” Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county

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United States of America v. OJ Rashad Green

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl in the Accokeek, Maryland area.

District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced OJ Rashad Green, 36, aka “Ice,” of Accokeek, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl in the Accokeek, Maryland area.

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United States of America v. Yana Leonova

Washington DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with th conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act.

Yana Leonova, 33, a Belorussian citizen most recently residing in Russia, was extradited from France yesterday on an indictment charging her with conspiring to violate the Export Control Reform Act, to commit smuggling, to commit money laundering, and to def

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