Domestic Abuse Law
 
The People of the State of California v. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of child abuse.

A Lancaster father and mother of four have been convicted of murdering their teenage son and daughter and abusing their two younger boys in 2020.

“This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” Los Angeles Cou

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United States of America v. Jaylin Iler

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2).

(a) Any person who—
(1) knowingly mails, or transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any child

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State of Oklahoma v. H.H.G.

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

1. DOMESTIC ABUSE - ASSAULT & BATTERY

2. THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE

3. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER

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State of Oklahoma v. B.M.V.

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

1. DOMESTIC ABUSE - ASSAULT & BATTERY

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State of Oklahoma v. M.T.J.

Tahlequah, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with:

1. DOMESTIC ASSAULT & BATTERY IN THE PRESENCE OF MINOR CHILD

2. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER

3. THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dimitrius Bashir Campbell

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted homicide and conspiracy to do the same.

On December 29, 2023, members of the Allentown Police Department were around the area of the Sportsmen's Bar for an investigation in an unrelated case when they heard shots fired. They pursued a fleeing individual, later identified as Appellant. Once of

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In re: Boy Scouts of America, et al., Debtors

Wilmington, Delaware, bankruptcy lawyers represented the parties.

The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice (the “Coalition”), an ad hoc group of sexual abuse tort claimants who participated in the bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America and Delaware BSA, LLC (the “Debtors”), appeals the District Court’s order affirming the Bankruptcy Court’s order denying the Coalition’s r

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State of New Jersey v. Wilfredo Lugo and Zachary Lieber

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with 3rd-degree Possession of CSAM..

Two Camden County men were arrested last month for crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.



Investigations conducted by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, i

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State of Rhode Island v. Kelvin Mendez Cruz

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represents the Defndant charged with possession of a firearm while committing a violent crime resulting in death and domestic murder,

Kelvin Mendes Cruz, age 25, was accused of shooting and killing a 29-year-old woman was shot to death inside her home.

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State of Colorado v. Marquez Parker

Colorado Springs, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.

Marquez Park, age 29, for Fountain, Colorado, is accused for producing and possessing child sexual abuse materials being shared through social media in 2023.

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State of Kansas v. Brantton Walker

Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder.

Branton Walker, age 39, was accused for killing Rachel Johnson, age 43.

PD Chief Joe Sullivan issued the following statement:

“This is a heartbreaking tragedy. A mother has lost her life to a senseless and cowardly act, leaving a family devastated and a community grieving. As we

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United States of America v. Dennis Hebert

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse in Indian country.

Under the General Crimes Act, “the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of offenses committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States . . . shall extend to the Indian country.” 18 U.S.C. § 1152. This statu

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United States of America v. Bryce Lucas Stimka

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement to engage in illegal sexual activity.

In July 2024, Stimka (who was twenty-three years old) began an online
relationship via Snapchat with a fourteen-year-old girl in Utah. Over roughly the
next nine months, Stimka and the gi

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State of Missouri v. Greg Hallgrimson

Liberty, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst-degree domestic assault in violation of section 565.072.

Hallgrimson and S.H. ("Victim") married in 2010 and divorced in 2017. By 2020, they had reunited and started living together again.

On June 13, 2020, the couple had an argument about why Victim did not want to remarry Hallgrimson. Victim

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Sheila Griffin, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased v. Mary Ann Poynter, et al.

Peoria, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased, who sued for damages relating to the abuse and death of R.R., a minor, who was killed by his father.

he facts establish that on January 26, 2019, 9-year-old R.R. was pronounced dead after having been abused by her father, Richard Rountree, and killed b

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joshua W. Preacher and Nereida Allen

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree criminal abuse of a child.

On Monday, August 25, 2008, a case worker for Child Protective Services ordered Allen's twin sisters, Janet and Jeannette Allen, to clean and repair deplorable conditions at the home they shared in east Louisville and in the me

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Kaukab Khan v. Crossover Market, LLC; Trilogy, Inc.

El Paso, Texas pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer field a civil rights claimed against the Defendants.

laintiff-Appellant Kaukab Khan, an Indian national, sued Defendant-Appellee Crossover Market, a staffing firm which recruits remote workers on behalf of other companies, including Defendant-Appellee Trilogy. In April 2025, Khan applied for a remote job as a research analyst at Trilogy. Ac

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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. Daniel Allen Sharpe

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to sexually abuse a minor in Indian Country.

8 USC 2422(b) - Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor; FORFEITURE ALLEGATION: 18 USC 1467 and 2428 - Child Exploitation and Obscenity Forfeiture
Dismissed

18 USC 1470 - Attempted Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor; FORFEITURE ALLE

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State of West Virginia v. Louis David Smith, III

Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted robbery, attempted burglary and third-offense domestic battery.

Louis David Smith, III, age 43, is accused for attempting to rob and assault a woman before attempting to beack into a nearby home.

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State of Florida v. Natalia Munoz‑Paulino

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Natalia Munoz‑Paulino, 26, is accused for abusing her child by exposing her to lethal levels of cocaine and methamphetamine.

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State of Oklahoma v. Rocky Eugene Michael

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

1. DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION

2. THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE

3. DISRUPT/PREVENT/INTERRUPT/EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL

Reported by: Criminal Defense Lawyer Kent Morlan

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State of Colorado v. Darrel Killebrew

Colorado Springs, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with felony menacing, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, child abuse and second-degree criminal tampering.

Denver Deputy Sheriff Darrel Killebrew is accused of multiple felonies, including child abuse.

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United States of America v. Jarrod Demar Mansker

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of domestic assault by a habitual offender in Indian Country. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1151, 117(a)(1).

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State of Oregon v. Emmanuel Garcia Tenorio

Dallas, Oregon pro se Defendant, representing himself without of a lawyer, who was charged with two counts each of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration.



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