¶1 James Charles Childress was tried by a jury in the District Court of Sequoyah County, Case No. CF 96-292, before the Honorable John C. Garrett, District Judge. Appellant was found guilty of first degree murder (Count 1), in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1997, § 701.7, and larceny of a domestic animal (Count 2), in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 1716.1 The jury fixed punishment at ten (10) years' imp

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking. Brent Ouellette, 34, engaged in a course of conduct against his victim that included posting sexually explicit videos or pictures of his victim online without consent, contacting his victim posing as other people, and obtaining his victim’s social media login information. The FBI investigated the

Burlington, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Van Jackson allegedly defrauded a Vermont medical practice of at least $400,000. This included $68,000 that Jackson allegedly wired into his personal bank account and then used to pay a settlement with a medical practice in New York. Jackson previously had worked for that medical practice and e

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Clinton Rathan, 33, was charged with four counts of Wire Fraud. He was arrested in Brookyln, New York, on April 16, 2026, and released on $15,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in Concord, New Hampshire, on April 30, 2026. Rathan placed over 500 pick-up orders for groceries

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation after felony conviction. Ramon Rodriguez-Gonzalez was deported on April 29, 2019, after he was convicted of false claim of citizenship in March 2019 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Rodriguez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attentio

Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Nn April 2021, Queen Naja, age 45, contacted co-conspirator Quentin Diego Sturgeon of Montgomery, Alabama, through social media with a plan to fraudulently obtain funds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The scheme involved creating a legal trust, submitting false tax docum

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed overseas with the U.S. Army. Adam Schlueter was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany from 2009 until 2013, while enlisted in the U.S. Army. In Germany, he physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two minor victims. At trial, both minors described be

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Marlo G. Davis, 47, of Havana, Florida, appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick i

¶1 Appellant, John William Malaske, was tried by jury in the District Court of Kay County, Case Number CF-2001-221, and convicted of Second Degree (Felony) Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 701.8 (2). The jury set punishment at ten (10) years imprisonment, and the trial judge sentenced Appellant accordingly. Appellant now appeals his conviction and sentence. * * * ¶4 With respec

¶1 Eric Jose Barnett, Appellant, was tried by jury and found guilty of second degree felony murder, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 701.8(2), in the District Court of Okmulgee County, Case No. CF-2009-2.1 The jury sentenced Appellant to twenty-three (23) years imprisonment. The Honorable H. Michael Claver, District Judge, pronounced judgment and sentence accordingly.2 Mr. Barnett appeals the foll

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by committing a series of armed robberies and carjackings across New Mexico in 2024 that culminated in the fatal shooting of a victim during a carjacking in Santa Fe County. Babitz, 40, committed a series of armed robberies, carjackings, and a fatal shooting across Bernalillo, Sant

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement to the small business administration.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Ashley Thompson, age 38, from Tama, Iowa, admitted that on January 14, 2024, she assaulted a woman on the Meskwaki Settlement near Tama, Iowa. Thompson was in another person’s home along with the victim. An argument between multiple people occurred. Thompson picked up a

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child. Alexander Warren Dehogues, 35, secretly recorded two minor children in stages of undress and saved those recordings to his electronic devices. A forensic examination of electronic devices seized from Dehogues’s Kalona residence showed that Dehogues used the devices to record, receive

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer David Bryant represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. Raymond Porter Jr., 64, of St. Louis, was indicted with 28 felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 15 counts of wire fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and four counts of money laundering.

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury indicted Daniels, 34, of Mabelvale, in a four-count Indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession wi

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with aggravated white-collar crime, presenting a false insurance claim and destroying insured property. Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village and Ruben Tamrazian, 26, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, and Ararat Chirkinian, 39, all of Glendale, were charged with multiple felonies including aggravated white-collar crime

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return.. Nael Jabbar (age 47) of Franklin, Wisconsin, owned and operated Hot Spot Super Market (Hot Spot) in Milwaukee, which was authorized to accept benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). He signed documents for Hot Spot agreeing to comply with a

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Robert Dunlap claimed to operate a cryptocurrency business that sold a purported digital asset called “Meta-1 Coin” through a “Meta-1 Coin Trust.” Dunlap made numerous false and misleading statements to potential and actual investors, including claims that the Meta-1 Coin was backed by as much as $

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer and misprision of a felony. On Oct. 3, 2025, Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, Ill., joined a caravan of vehicles that was following a vehicle driven by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Gonzalez Alvarez drove his Ford pickup truck into t

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion, wrongfully structuring currency transactions, and identity theft. Juan R. Gonzalez, 52, owned and operated a residential construction business in San Antonio, under the name Gonzalez Construction, working as a subcontractor for other entities. During tax years 2020 and 2021, Gonzalez organized his pe

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statement. Michael Graves On November 15, 2021, Michael Graves filed a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Tax Return for tax year 2016 listing his income as $816.00. As part of his guilty plea, Graves admitted that he filed a false return and that his corrected tax income for 2016 was approximat

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding investors who believed they were funding short-term, high-return loans for real estate transactions or storm damage repair. Jose Bello, Age 38, told investors that he worked with a group that would invest its money in short-term financing that Bello variously referred to as “private lending,” �

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Leon Haynes, age 52, of Teanck, New Jersey, was accused of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns, mail fraud, and tax evasion. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, Congress authorize

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false tax return. William Freeman, IV, age 46, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, submitted at least 10 applications seeking pandemic stimulus funds through both the Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, as well as the Paycheck Protection