Controlled Substance Law
 
United States of America v. Andrew Knepp

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND 500 GRAMS OR MORE OF A MIXTURE AND SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

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United States of America v. Tai Ward

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute a schedule III controlled substance (drug).

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State of South Carolina v. Donnie Ray Birchfield

Lancaster, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr., 35, accused of killing of Shirley Arnsdorff, 49.

The warrants say Birchfield denied the alleged victims food and medical treatment, controlled their cellphones and bathroom access, and cut them off from the outside world.

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State of New York v. Michael A. Wright

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while intoxicated, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, multiple tickets related to erratic operation and collisions.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Thomas Patak

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smash-and-grab burglaries.

HOMAS PATAK, 55, pleaded guilty to numerous breaking and entering, larceny from a building and destruction of property charges in BMC Central and received a sentence of 2.5 years in the House of Correction followed by two years of probation with orders to stay away from all cri

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United States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.

Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and crimin

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United States of America v. Amanda Acosta

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in South Dakota.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place

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United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Oswaldo Gonzalez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Oswaldo Gonzalez appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1), 70506(b)

(a) Prohibitions.-While on board a

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United States of America v. Amanda Acosta

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

- United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The sentencing took place on Septem

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United States of America v. Adam Joseph King

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing five grams
or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii).

A grand jury returned an indictment charging King with one count of distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii). In a signed sta

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United States of America v. David Michael Gager a/k/a David Kash

Kansas City, Mo. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of firearms.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing eight firearms.

David Michael Gager, also known as David Kash, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 71 months in federal prison without parole for being a felon in po

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United States of America v. Spencer Walker

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.


A Little Rock man was convicted by a federal jury on conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Jonathan D.

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United States of America v. John Paul Schmieding

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.

(a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—

(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance;

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United States of America v. Jonathan Dean Schelling

Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

21:841(a)(1) and 21:841(b)(1) POSSESSION OF 50 GRAMS OR MORE METHAMPHETAMINE (ACTUAL) WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE and 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF A MIXTURE OR SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ITS SALTS, ISOMERS, AND SALTS OF ITS ISOMERS, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.

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United States of America v. Mark A. Hills

East St. Louis, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance: Methamphetamine
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Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealing.

An Akron-area career criminal has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.

Antoine D. Cook, 46, of Akron, was sentenced to 420 months (35 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after a federal jury found him g

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United States of America v. Steven Gaston Colburn

Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors

An Amory, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors.

According to court documents, Steven Gaston Colburn, 70 years old, was convicted of recruiting, enticing, maintaining, providing, and soliciting minors under the age of 14 years o

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United States of America v. Derek Duane Riley

Bay City, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841 and § 846.

In 2016, Riley pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841 and § 846. At the time, his offense level was 31 and h

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State of Oklahoma v. Gong Zheng

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking marijuana, possession of drug proceeds, and possession of a controlled substance without a tax stamp.

Gong Zheng was stopped by a Tulsa Police officer for a traffic violation. The Cop said he smelled a strong scent of marijuian when she stop Zheng.

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United States of America v. Jean Brown

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

From at least 2000 until 2010, Jean Brown ran a marijuana trafficking organization that transported large amounts of marijuana from Arizona and California to Maryland for distribution in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Washington, D.C. Brown used tractor trailers and car carrier

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State of Wisconsin v. David L. Hamlet

Janesville, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Sexual Assautl of a child.

David Hamlet began staying in the family’s home in August of 2023, and by December of 2023,
he was assaulting the 14-year-old. The Beloit Police Department investigation – led by
Detective Amber Davies and Child Maltreatment Officer Dylann Rauch – re

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United States of America v. Matthew Pizarro

Providence, Rhode Island, Providence criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Contraband Inside the Wyatt Detention Center.

A Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center detainee who admitted to participating in a conspiracy with several other individuals, including a now former correctional officer, to possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sent

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United States of America v. Jose Rogelio Nieto-Molina

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking sentence reduction.

In 2017, Nieto-Molina was charged, along with several oth
ers, with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of a mix
ture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine with
a reason to believe that it would be imported into the United States,
21 U.S.C. §§ 959

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State of Oklahoma v. Albert George Davis, Jr.

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

1. DISTRIBUTE CDS W/IN 2000 FT PARK/SCHOOL/IN THE PRESENCE OF MINOR

2. POSSESSION OF CDS WITHOUT TAX STAMP AFFIXED

3. POSSESS FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF A FELONY

4. MAINTAINING PLACE FOR KEEPING/SELLING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

5. CULTIVATION OF CONTROLLED SUBS

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