False Imprisonment Law
 
State of Nebraska v. Mocktavin Dial

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with first-degree false imprisonment, assault by strangulation, and robbery

Mocktavin Dial was accused of assaulting a nurse in an Omaha hospital parking lot.

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Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealing.

An Akron-area career criminal has been sentenced to prison for his role in distributing controlled substances throughout Northeast Ohio.

Antoine D. Cook, 46, of Akron, was sentenced to 420 months (35 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent after a federal jury found him g

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State of Oklahoma v. Clifton Merriel Parish

Wilberton, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder.

The State of Oklahoma, by Mark Matloff, District Attorney of Pushmataha County, petitions this Court for the writ of prohibition to vacate the Respondent Judge Jana Wallace's April 12, 2021 order granting post-conviction relief. Judge Wallace's order vacated and dismissed the second d

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United States of America v. Dewayne Darzell Johnson-Emory

Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.

On or about November 18, 2023, in Rock Island County, in the Central District of Illinois, the defendant knowing he had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding one year, knowingly possessed a firearm, said firearm havin

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United States of America v. Kristen Taylor Porter

Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to purchase firearms.

Kristen Taylor Porter, 29, of Florence, South Carolina, was indiced by a grand jury, relating to the July 1 murder of Darlington County Deputy Frank “Devin” Mason.

Porter is charged with making false statements in connection with the February

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United States of America v. Richard Adamsky

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard Adamsky, 66, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of receipt and attempted receip

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State of Oklahoma v. Darrell Dewayne Benson

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

ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUDING POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 540A (B)

A. Any operator of a motor vehicle who has received a visual and audible signal, a red light and a siren from a peace officer driving a motor vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, highway patrol o

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State of Oklahoma v. Anthony Ray McMillon

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery by strangulation-domestic in violation of 21 O.S. 644(j), which provides:

J. Any person who commits any assault and battery by strangulation or attempted strangulation against an intimate partner or a family or household member as defined by Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes

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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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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 James B. Comey, Jr.

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:

Count 1:
1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES
B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and
fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the
Governme

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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, New

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United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels

Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.

Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t

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Chhean Jones v. United States of America, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania pro se Plaintiff sued on constitutional rights violations.

Jones, was indicted on federal criminal charges, and he brought a Bivens action against the United States, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), 12 unnamed federal agents, and “the Government’s Attorney,” for alleged constitutional violations arising from the grand jury proceedings. He alleged tha

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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. Sharon Toney‑Finch

New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims About Homeless Veterans.

SHARON TONEY‑FINCH, who made false public claims about assisting homeless veterans, was sentenced to 12 months and one day for a years-long scheme to defraud military veterans’ charities and falsely claiming that she was a Purple Heart recipient. TONEY-FINCH previously pled

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United States of America v. Kevin J. Barko

New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sentenced today to federal prison.

A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.

On April 24, 2025, Barco possessed a Springfield Armory

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United States of America v. Jason Brenner

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failing to Stop for Inspection at Calais International Port of Entry.

A New Jersey man was sentenced for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the international port of entry in Calais.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Jason Brenner, 53, to 115 days of impris

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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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United States of America v. Christopher Boisvert

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Bank Robbery and stipulated to the commission of a second bank robbery and an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on September 30, 2025, Christopher Boisvert of Swanzey, New Hampshire was sentenced by Chief U

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Virgal DRM, LLC v. Ressler Motor Company

Butte, Montana, intellectual property lawyers represented the parties in a trademark infringement dispute.

Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of a registered or unregistered trademark on goods or services that is likely to cause consumer confusion, deception, or mistake about the source of the goods. To prove infringement, a plaintiff must show they own a valid trademark, tha

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State of Alaska v. Mark D. Huntington

Nanana, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor in April of 2019.

Mark Huntington, age 42, of Galena for sexually abusing a minor in April of 2019. Immediately following the return of the jury’s guilty verdict, Mr. Huntington stipulated to an aggravating factor – that he was 10 or more years older than the victim he was convic

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The People of the State of Califronia v. Gerardo Magallanes

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder for killing an off-duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio in August 2022.

“Officer Solorio dedicated his life to serving and protecting his community, and his murder was a devastating loss to his family, his colleagues, and all of Los Angeles County and beyond,” Los Angeles County

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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.

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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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