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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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United States of America v. Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of ibogaine.

he United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Ameen Alai, aka Adam Powars, 52, of Broomfield, Colorado, was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to one c

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United States of America v. Cruz Javier Garcia

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking 40 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Utah

Cruz Javier Garcia, 39, of Bland, Virginia, was sentenced today to 246 months’ imprisonment and a five-year term of supervised release for trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine while in the District of Utah.

Garcia

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United States of America v. Dr. Samuel R. Chacon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding health care benefit programs

An OB-GYN in Reno made his initial court appearance today for allegedly defrauding health care benefit programs by submitting false claims for unnecessary gynecologic tests and surgical procedures, some resulting in serious medical complications.

According to court

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Family and Estate of Wongel Estifanos, et al. v. Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, et al.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim.

Wongel Estifanos, age 6, fell to her death while riding on the Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.

The child was never buckled into the ride.

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United States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Couple and their Unborn Child During Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court today that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking cons

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State of New York v. David Kingsley, Mathew Galliher, Nicholas Kieffer, and Michael Fisher

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree manslaughter.

David Kingsley, Mathew Galliher and Nicholas Kieffer, were charged with second-degree murder, and Michael Fisher, was charged with second-degree manslaughter.

The Defendants were implicated in the brutal beating

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Dist State of New York v. Richard J. Fox

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

Between on or about 2003 and 2004, the defendant intentionally caused the death of Cassandra Watson at a location in the City of Buffalo. On September 26, 2021, a hiker found a human skull while walking along the Chautauqua Rails to Trails near Woleben Road in the Town of

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United States of America v. Vincent Guntur, Angelica Jones

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Failing To Pay Employment Taxes

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Vincent Guntur, age 34, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, and Angelica Jones, age 65, of Hauppauge, New York, both pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Malachy

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Alexis Herrera

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Alexis Herrera, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of 3-year-old Bella Seachrist

According to the criminal complaint, Herrera lived with her sister, Laura Ramriez, Bella’s stepmother, and Ramriez’s husband, Jose Salazar-Ortiz Sr., Bel

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State of Michigan v. Michael Simone Abby-Wills (Det

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged 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

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State of Florida v. Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder.

Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson were accused of shooting and killing Suni Bell, age 4.

In August 2021, Suni was in the backseat of the family’s silver Infiniti as they drove along Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. Surveill

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State of Georgia v. Angel Marie Thompson

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.



Angel Marie Thompson had been previously charged with concealing the death of her 24-year-old girlfriend Nicole Alston and stealing her iden

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State of South Carolina v. Brian Randell Sease

Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Voluntary Manslaughter, Armed Robbery, and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime.

Brian Randell Sease was indicted for murdering 22-year-old Travis Green, Jr. on October 30, 2021.

Assistant Solicitors Cassity Brewer and Hunt Russell presented the State’s c

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State of Colorado v. Daniel Ryan Clark

Arvada, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampering with a deceased human body, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence.

Daniel Ryan Clark, age 31, is under investigation regading the death of 20-year-old woman whose body was found in a block box.

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The People of the State of California v. Ryan Mota

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI gross vehicular manslaughte.

Ryan Mota (dob 12/19/00) of Maywood was charged in case 25DWCF01185 with one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one felony count of driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage causing injury and one felony count of driving with a 0

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State of Texas v. Cameron Scott Hilliburton

Texarkana, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Cameron Scott Halliburton was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jarrod Klein. The victim died from multiple stab wounds.

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United States of America v. Craig Austin Lang

Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, robbery interfering with commerce, discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence which resulted in death, conspiring to kill persons in a foreign country, a

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Cody Paterson, et al. v. State of Mississippi

Tupelo, Mississippi, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a governmental tort claim wrongful death claim.

ohnny Patterson was struck and killed by a vehicle while acting within the course andscope of his employment as a school resource officer. Allegedly, the accident was the result,in part, of an inoperable warning sign on a roadway maintained by the Mississip

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United States of America v. Keith Oelerich

Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

Apopka Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft


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