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United States of America v. Heath Adams

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Heath Adams, 43, of Payette, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today.

According to court records, the investigation into Adams began in August 2024, after a report was made to the Pay

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United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple, Charles Lon Seltz

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.

Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and Speci

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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. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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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.

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United States of America v. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29,

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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.

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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.

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm

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United States of America v. Jackie Antonio Duncan

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in children.

(a) Whoever knowingly—
(1) in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, obtains, advertises, maintains, patronizes, or solicits by any me

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United States of America v. Donnique H. Kelley

Kansas City, Mo. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl.

A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to being in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Donnique H. Kelley, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to participating in a conspiracy to distrib

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United States of America v. Cameron McGhee

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of cyberstalking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A(2) and 2261(b)(5), and one count of threatening a federal official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) and (b)(1)(4).

McGhee’s conviction arises from threats he sent to retired United States Air
Force member D.W. and D.W.’s w

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United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes

Detroit, NI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery.


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 an

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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 .Peter Bardunias

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity.

Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Cha

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United States of America v. Peter Bardunias

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity.


Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in

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United States of America v. Elijah Roy a/k/a “Eli Spice” and “Swervo,”

Brooklyn NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mass Shooting in Crown Heights

A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Elijah Roy, also known as “Eli Spice” and “Swervo,” with crimes related to the August 17, 2025 shooting at Taste of the City Lounge in Brooklyn, New York, in which three individuals were murdered and an addi

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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.

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Gun While Awaiting Sentencing on a Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May

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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. 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 investigat

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