False Imprisonment Law
 
United States of America v. Tiffany Haney, Anne Warren, and Tina Roper

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Tiffany Haney, 43, Anne Warren, 45, and Tina Roper, 40, all of Knoxville, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The jury also convicted Haney and Warren of committing specific acts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C

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United States of America v. Patrick and Charles Boyd

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: 18 U.S.C. § 371 CONSPIRACY TO INTRODUCE ADULTERATED AND MISBRANDED DRUGS (1) 21 U.S.C. § 331(a) and 333(a)(2) INTRODUCTION OF A MISBRANDED DRUG INTO INTERSTATE COMMERCE (2-3) 18 U.S.C. § 670 CONSPIRACY TO TRAFFIC IN MEDICAL PRODUCTS WITH FALSE DOCUMENTATION (4) 18 U.S.C. § 1349 CONSPIRACY TO COM

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State of Oklahoma v. Briceton Arnold

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment, reckless driving, obstructing an officer and driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: Version 4 (Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 33, eff. January 1, 2026) A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person

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State of Oklahoma v. Devon Lee Ratliff

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with larceny of merchandise in violation of 21 O.S. 1731 which provides: A. Larceny of merchandise held for sale in retail or wholesale establishments shall be punishable as follows: 1. For the first or second conviction, in the event the value of the goods, edible meat, or other corporeal property which has b

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United States of America v. Duke Kimbrell Rodgers

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect or pay over taxes and filing false statements. Duke Kimbrell Rodgers, age 68, conducted a business under the name Rodgers Family Pharmacy. From 2013 to 2020, Rodgers withheld over $1,500,828.73 from his employees’ pay for trust fund taxes. However, he failed to remit those fun

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United States of America v. Jason Michael Leidel

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261. Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring, Maryland, engaged in berstalking his ex-wife and her boyfriend. on multiple occasions, Leidel sent emails with false allegations to get Victim 1, his ex-wife, fired from her job as a special education teacher at a publ

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United States of America v. Kenya Mcchell Chapman

Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University, and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, allegedly purchased three firearms that were recovered from crime scenes shortly afterw

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United States of America v. Ricky McMillian, Erica McMillian, Dwayne McMillian and Darian McMillian

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A Robeson County Deputy Sheriff Ricky McMillian, his wife, and two adult sons engaged in a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and by submitting false loan applications which r

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State of Oklahoma v. S.K.D.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wit obtaining merchandise by bogus check in violation of 21 O.S. 1521-1541, which provides: Every person who shall lease or rent, for any period of time whatsoever, any motor vehicle and, with intent to cheat and defraud, who pays the fees for such lease or rental by means of a false, bogus or worthless check written for

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United States of America v. Santos Castro-Mota

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Santos Castro-Mota, 46, a Dominican Republic national, ran a drug trafficking operation out of the State Correctional Institution Phoenix (Collegeville, Pennsylvania). A joint investigation by federal, state, and local law enforcement operating under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking A

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United States of America v. Teflyon Cameron

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and engaging in an illegal kickback conspiracy. Teflyon Cameron, 59, of Powder Springs, Georgia, conspired to defraud health insurers, including Medicare, by causing the submission of claims for medically unnecessary Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and Cancer Genetic Tests (CGx). In total, Came

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United States of America v. Solomon Lichtenstein

White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer Steve Yurowitz represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in two investment vehicles he managed and promoted. Solomon Lichtenstein, age solicited and received millions of dollars from friends, relatives, and members of his community on the back of false statements and misrepresenta

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United States of America v. Patrick J. Dolan

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers Paul Cirel and Evan Johnson represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Between November 2018 and November 2024, Patrick J. Dolan devised a scheme to defraud his clients and other individuals who entrusted Dolan to maintain funds in accounts he controlled for their benefit. Specifically, Dolan stole over $2 million that he was holding in esc

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United States of America v. Julian Thompson

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with failure to surrender. The Court was advised that, on November 21, 2024, Julian Thompson, 33, was sentenced in the Western District of Pennsylvania to 10 years of imprisonment on his convictions for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm and ammunition by

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United States of America v. Kevin S. Murdock,Thomas C. Lee, and Vidhya V. Narayanan

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The indictment alleges that Kevin S. Murdock, 56, owned and operated Premier Medical Laboratory Services, headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. Thomas C. Lee, 56, both of Greenville, and Vidhya V. Narayanan, 45, were both high-level empl

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United States of America v. Edward Kelvin Pope, et al.

Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Edward Kelvin Pope, David Wilson, and Kevin Josue Campos Rivera coordinated with Jose Santos Isaola Cisneros, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Atlanta, were accused of distributing methamphetamine to couriers and customers throughout north Geo

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United States of America v. Brayan Adiel Gramajo-Reyes

Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful employment of aliens, encouraging illegal reentry of aliens, and use of false statements in an immigration matter. Brayan Adiel Gramajo-Reyes, 31, of Guatemala, was charged with two counts of encouraging illegal entry of aliens to enter the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(a); eight

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United States of America v. Wenona Oropeza

Woodbury, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance. A number of times over one year in 2024-2025, Wenona Oropeza, 48, from Omaha, Nebraska, would have other persons drive her from Omaha, Nebraska to Sioux Falls, South Dakota with several ounces of methamphetamine to distribute in Sioux Falls where she could double and tr

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United States of America v. Joseph Lee Rhodes

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Joseph Lee Rhodes, Jr., 41, of Muscatine County, was detained pending trial today in connection with an indictment charging him with five counts of transportation of child pornography. On January 14, 2026, Rhodes made his initial appearance. Following the March 2, 2026, detention

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United States of America v. Anthony Masqua

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in violation of 18 U.S.C.l 113(a)(3), which provides: (a) Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, is guilty of an assault shall be punished as follows: * * * (3) Assault with a dangerous weapon, with

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United States of America v. James R. Nelson

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Meldinda Powers represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possess a destructive device, not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation if 26 U.S.C. Sections 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. James R. Nelson, age 40, from Onarga, Illinois, possessed an unregistered destructive device and refused to relinquish

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United States of America v. Peter Valente

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Peter Valente and Angela Toma collaborated to fraudulently obtain $2,609,210 from the Paycheck Protection Program. Valente and Toma are alleged to have submitted false loan applications to Paycheck Protection Program lenders using inactive businesses and falsified bank records. When federal agents began i

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State of Oklahoma v. Alfonzo Lanell McIntosh

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking in Controlled Dangerous Substance (ecstasy),1 in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2007, § 2-415, after former conviction of two or more felonies. (Emphasis added.) According to the State, because McIntosh is a thrice-convicted prior felon, this ten year sentence is tripled to thirty years under 21 O.S

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State of Oklahoma v. Courtney Dewayne

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Counts 1 and 4, unlawful distribution of a controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2003, § 2-401 (A)(1); Counts 2 and 3, trafficking in illegal drugs (methamphetamine), in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2002, § 2-415; Count 5, conspiracy to commit unlawful distribution of a c

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Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Judy Terecia Sanchez, 60, was accused of fraudulently obtaining, forging, and cashing Texas Medicaid checks payable to a former health worker for her quadriplegic son. “The defendant inflicted unimaginable suffering on her son by ffraudulently pretending he received the care he needed and deserved,” said U

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