Pawhuska, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Reported by Kent Morlan represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 21 O.S. Section 652, which provides: A. Every person who intentionally and wrongfully shoots another with or discharges any kind of firearm, with intent to k

Castle Rock, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represent the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on malicious prosecution and false arrest. By Kent Morlan David Dial's son Cameron Dial shot and killed shot and killed one of his roommates and wounded another. Dial, age 62, told his son to immediately call for medical assistance, call 911, and to cooperate with authorities. When Dial, wh

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, falsification of records, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Christopher Flanagan, 38, of Dennis, Mass. was indicted with eight counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of falsification of records and three counts of filing false tax returns. Flanagan was previously char

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, theft of public money, false representation of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft related to an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits using the identities of deceased and other individuals. By Kent Morlan Investiga

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with defrauding the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), and Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by unlawfully obtaining funds intended to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief to eligible operating businesses. By Kent Morlan From

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and submitting false tax forms to support more than 200 fraudulent loan applications under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). By Kent Morlan Roody Metelus, 47, of Westlake, owned and operated JRS Tax Services, LLC, in Dania Beach. From app

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers that pressured elderly Americans to provide thei

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with Hobbs Act armed robbery. By Kent Morlan Alan Christhofer Cedeno-Ferrer, age 27,, Michael Mejia-Nunez, age 29, and Ennait Alexis Sirett-Padilla, age 24, are accused working with others, to hijack a delivery truck that was parked outside of the Apple Store at the Americana Manhasset mall, as two workers w

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the small business administration. By Kent Morlan Chelsea Powell, age 34, of of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, made false statements to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining a pandemic-related relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loa

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with bank fraud. By Kent Morlan Robert M. McCloughy, 43, of Carlstadt, New Jersey was charged in a three-count complaint with one count of wire fraud and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions involving criminally derived property. McCloughy is expected to have his initial yesterday before U.S. Magistrate

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with identity theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, and conspiracy to commit a felony. By Kent Morlan Jhmaree Washington accused of using false identity documents to rend a car and then did not return it.

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. by Kent Morlan Beginning in or around early 2021, William Elvis, 35, Moses Kolawole Hezekiah, 34, Destiny Okobeni Oghentega, 30, and others engaged in a scheme to defraud individuals through online imperson

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmitting a threatening interstate communication. Blake Tibbetts, 25, made a post on X, a social media website, in which he used a racial epithet in an angry exchange with another X user and threatened to pay “a visit VERY soon” to the user’s “kind,” sending “them” his “condolences.” Tibbett

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud transmissions of text messages and transfer of money for the purpose of executing a scheme to obtain money and property by false pretenses. For years Cedric Wormely, 59, of Birmingham, Alabama, defrauded women who were seeking love. With limited exceptions, Wormely met his victims through various onli

Montgomery, Alabama, white collar criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with wire fraud, making false statements to a Federal Insured Bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment of money laundering. The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. is charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.

Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care and wire fraud. Mira Stallings, 41, of Thomson, Georgia, is a licensed behavioral therapist and owner of ABAscape LLC, a Thomson, Georgia, agency that provided behavioral therapy services to individuals with developmental disabilities. A parent of patients who received services from ABscape reported co

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and related access devices fraudulently used with fifteen or more unauthorized devices and aggravated identity theft. Marcus Bernard Clark, age 31, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, worked at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant in Destin, Florida. During a judicially authorized extraction of the defendant’s cell

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Colleen Kieran, age 57, of Clermont, Florida, oversaw the accounting department of a business based in Seminole County. Over the course of nearly 13 years, Kieran used her position to siphon more than $3.9 million from the company’s accounts into her own personal PayPal account. After taking the money

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Lester T. Jones, Jr., joined the Accounting and Finance Department of ATL Hawks, LLC (“the Hawks”) in 2016. Following his promotion to Senior Vice President of Finance in August 2021, Jones became the most senior accounting executive for the Hawks after the Chief Financial Officer. Beginning in e

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft from an Iowa nonprofit receiving federal funds. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, 55, was employed by Children and Families of Iowa (CFI) between 2015 and 2022. During her time as Program Director, Spargur-Tate submitted false and fraudulent reimbursement requests, including falsified invoices and receipts. Spargur-Ta

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with illegally documenting Air Force planes located at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. Tianrui Liang, 21, of China, drove to New York after being confronted by the FBI in Nebraska. The FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Liang who was subsequently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy. Cymone McClellan, 33, of St. Louis, operated a nonprofit, Sister of Lavender Rose (S.O.L.R.), that submitted false and fraudulent meal reimbursement claims to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from about January 2019 to June 2022. Terra Davis, now 44, was McClellan’s

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect and pay taxes. George Dilles, age 55, of Inverness, Illinois, was the president and part-owner of NG Enterprises, Inc., a company that provided elderly home personal care in the Milwaukee area and over time employed from 50 to 110 workers. Dilles was required to withhold federal incom

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson and D’Angelo Ferguson admitted to participating in the submission of three separate PPP loan applications, which included false representations and fictitious supporting documents. As part of the scheme, D’Angelo Ferguson claimed each company had a certain amount of mont