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United States of America v. Denise Davis

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Defraud The IRS

A Mays Landing woman admitted to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false employment tax returns that concealed a company’s cash payroll, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Denise Davis, 52, of Mays Landing

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State of Michigan v. Micah Simone Abby-Wills

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendanc ahrged with;
1. Murder - 2nd Degree -
2 counts
2. OWI - Causing Death -
2 counts
3. Reckless Driving -
Causing Death - 2 counts
4. Operating While
License Suspended,
Revoked, or Denied -
Causing Death - 2 counts

Defendant charged in connection with the July 30, 2025 car crash that

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State of New York v. John Doe

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree (Class B violent felonies), one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (Class C violent felony), and one count of Assault in the Second Degree (Class D violent felony).

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at approxi

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State of Colorado v. Kwame Adjei-Broni

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with g careless driving causing death, careless driving causing injury and failure to yield.

Kwame Adjei-Broni, bus driver at Denver International Airport, failed to yield to another vehicle, which resulted in the death of John Hughes, a passenger, and injuries to a number of passengers.

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Keith Edgar

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

1. CAUSING ACCIDENT WITHOUT VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE - DEATH

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State of Utah v. Michael Bynum

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Mihcale Bynum, age 54, was accused for killing his roomamte, Timothy Rutenberg, age 59, who was found death in a room at the Ville, a shelter where the unhoused can apply for and be given a roommate.

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United States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-for-Hire.

he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 25, 2025 and September 26, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sentenced three men, Berk Eratay, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Banks, 37, of Gardener, Montana, and Aron Ethridge, 45, o

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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was

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State of Montana v. Dante Garriott

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Dante Garriott was accused for beating a nursing home resident to death.

The Defendant was accused of punching and kicking Alan Wright, age 32, at a group home in the Billings Heights. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 108 pounds, and he had the cognitive function of a 2- or 3-year-ol

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United States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.

Martin Joseph Avila, 66, of Longmont, Colorado, pleaded guilty today, to aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.

According to court documents,

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United States of America v. Jonathan Rinderknecht, a.k.a. “Jonathan Rinder,” and “Jon Rinder,”

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of property by means of fire.

A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles his

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United States of America v. John Avendano

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.


John Avendano, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.

According to the complaint, on September 22, a Task Force Officer with

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acco

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United States of America v. Mervin Anderson

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of contraband in prison.

A federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was o

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United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing and Attempting to Rob Banks and Credit Unions.

Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.

Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Reuben

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United States of America v. Isaac Sissel

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Christians


Isaac Sissel, 26, a man who intentionally bounces from place to place committing crimes and skipping town afterwards to avoid the consequences, was sentenced today to thirty months for threatening to kill conservative Christians with an AR-15 assault rifle, announced United States

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United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing and Attempting to Rob Banks and Credit Unions.
Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.

Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Reuben C. C

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United States of America v. Norma Yanari Ayala, Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Phony United States Identification Cards.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Norma Yanari Ayala (34), Rigoberto Vasquez-Vasquez (42), and Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho (41) were arrested in Grand Rapids on September 30, 2025. All three were indicted b

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United States of America v. Nya Irving, also known as Nya Carter

Hattiesburg, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with SNAP Benefits Fraud

A Canton woman pleaded guilty last week to stealing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits intended for low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford nutritious food.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Nya Irvin

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Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Leon Law and Isaiah Nicholas Maestas, both age 15, were accused of death of Monica Carter, age 43, whose body was found in May 2025.

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United States of America v. Robert John May, III

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*

Robert John May, III, 38, of West Columbia, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*

“The conduct May pleaded guilty to represents some of the most depraved and exploitative conduct we invest

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Ann Barclay Dewet, et al. v. G. Russell Rollyson, Jr., et al.

Bluefield, West Virginia, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 taking without due process.


Smith owned real property in West Virginia. She failed to pay the real estate taxes
assessed for 2016, and the Mercer County Sheriff sold a tax lien on the property to Boer.

Boer then sought a tax deed to the property. He prepared a list of those to be

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Linda Dill v. Stephanie Sodegren

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim.

The Plaintiff claimed that the Defendant caused an accident that occurred at the intersection of East 41st Street and South Yale Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 30, 2023 in which Teddy Bogle was killed. the Plaintiff further claimed that the Defendant failed to yield the right-of-way.

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United States of America v. Darryl Elliott

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs resulting in death.

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United States of America v. Denise Davis

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS.

A Mays Landing woman admitted to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false employment tax returns that concealed a company’s cash payroll, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Denise Davis, 52, of Mays Landi

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