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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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United States of America v. Julius M. Hatten

Buffalo, NY. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition.



U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Julius M. Hatten, 35, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and m

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United States of America v. Carlos Ramirez, a/k/a “Guerra”

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a racketeering conspiracy and two murders.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced that CARLOS RAMIREZ, a/k/a “Guerra,” was sentenced today to life in prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy and two murders committed as a member of th

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State of New York v. Donald Ziebenhood

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Burglary in the First Degree, two counts of Burglary in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the Second Degree, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Contempt, eight counts of Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree.

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United States of America v. Cornelius Alexander Thompson

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse Of A Federal Inmate And Receipt Of A Bribe By A Public Official.

United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Cornelius Alexander Thompson (38, Ocala) with one count of sexual abuse of a ward in federal custody and one count of receipt of a bribe by a publi

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United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.

Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.

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United States of America v. Noel Lynn Waters

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of an unserialized, privately made AR-15-pattern pistol.

A Las Vegas resident who has multiple prior felony convictions pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of an unserialized, privately made AR-15-pattern pistol. A privately made firearm without a serial number is sometimes called

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United States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiming a Laser Pointer at Fresno County Sheriff’s 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, on May 28, 202

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United States of America v. John Avendano

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

Last week, 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

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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.

Last week, 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.

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State of Idaho v. Robin Lee Row

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.

Robin Lee Row was sentenced to death in 1993 for murdering her husband and two
children in their sleep on February 10, 1992. Over the next 30 years, Row filed five petitions for
post-conviction relief in state court and two federal habeas corpus claims, all of which were
unsuccessful.

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United States of America v. Kaylee Ann Widmer

Scranton, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and 40 grams and more of fentanyl resulting in death

Kaylee Ann Widmer, age 25, of Thornhurst, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 21 years’ for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and 40 grams and more of fentanyl r

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United States of America v. Darwin Abudeye-Perez, et al.

Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assault, Conspiracy And Weapons Charges

Multiple inmates of the Federal Correctional Center Allenwood, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, were indicted on assault, conspiracy and weapons charges.

The indictment alleges that on June 2, 2023, at FCC Allenwood, Darwin Abudeye-Perez, Alex Ferrufino, Miguel Lopez,

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United States of America v. Richard Burk

Williamsport, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud


Richard Burke, age 76, of Milan, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to wire fraud.


From April 2005 until March 7, 2022, Burke withdrew $350,634.23 of his deceased mother’s Social Security Retirement, Survivors and Disability (RSDI) benefits and Veterans Affairs death pension benef

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United States of America v. Jose Urena-Capellan

Harrisburg, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Offense

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Urena-Capellan, age 40, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking offense.

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurg

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State of Missouri v. Craig Jones

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Craig Jones, age 22, was accused for bludgeoning and stabbing his sister to death.

Police said Jones attacked his sister unprovoked, striking her in the head several times with a seven-pound dumbbell, and then stabbing her several times with a steak

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United States of America v. Quintron Dixon

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance

Quintron Dixon, age 22, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to distribution of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcon

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United States of America v. Elvis Trujillo, Yeferson Vallecillo Cambar

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with “racketeering conspiracy” or “RICO conspiracy”

Two Honduran nationals have been extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges. Each defendant – both of whom are alleged members of the Trinitarios – is charged with participating in two murders. They are

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United States of America v. James Wiley Kelley, Jr.

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, possession of a machinegun, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon.

James Wiley Kelley, Jr., 50, of Altha, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, posse

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Janice Hughes Barners, et al. v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.

Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a excessive force wrongful death civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Ashtian Barners was shot and killed by Officer Roberto Felix, Jr. during a traffic stop.

Barnes’s parents sued Felix and Harris County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.5 The district court granted summary judgment on th

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