False Imprisonment Law
 
United States of America v. Robert J. Funderman

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. Robert J. Fundermann, 50, from Anthon, Iowa, admitted that from about April 2023 through April 2025, he distributed and attempted to distribute visual depictions of child pornography. Evidence further showed that Fundermann was grooming a 17-year-old in order to obta

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United States of America v. Lashawn Leroy Williams, Jr.

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchasing of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Lashawn Leroy Williams, Jr., 24, purchased at least 21 firearms between September 2022 through December 2024 and falsely claimed he was not a drug user and provided a false address. Seven of t

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United States of America v. Brandi Ellis

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Quinn represented the Defendant Brandi Ellis who is charged with bank fraud, larceny and theft, and fraud with identification documents. Brandi Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-p

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United States of America v. Cory Kromray

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Cory Kromray, age 39, Minocqua, Wisconsin, engaged in in investment fraud scheme that defrauded people out of $828,266.71. Kromray used social media and other online communications to falsely portray himself as a successful trader in stocks, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and th

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United States of America v. Roberto Nicolas-Simon

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to update registration as a sex offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and being a removed alien illegally present in United States. The government presented evidence that Nicolas-Simon was unlawfully present in the United States when he was convicted of Aggravate

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United States of America v. Derwin Vazquez, Jr.

Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to purchase seven firearms. From 2020 to 2023, DERWIN VAZQUEZ, JR. conspired with his sister—JALISSA R. VAZQUEZ—to make false or fictious written statements to three licensed firearms dealers in connection with the acquisition or attempted acq

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United States of America v. Derrick Callella

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been fol

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United States of America v. Lamont Johnson

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last October to the following charges in an indictment: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Contro

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United States of America v. Natasha Harris-Johnson

Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claims and wire fraud. Natasha Harris-Johnson, 52, of Paducah, filed eight tax returns for the 2018 and 2019 tax years on behalf of trusts she created, altogether demanding nearly $30 million in tax refunds she was not entitled to. Harris-Johnson also filed a fraudulent application with the Small Business A

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United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was the chief executive officer and majority owner of a car dealership company named Auto Masters. In addition to Auto Masters, J

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United States of America v. Joel Rufus French

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need. “This defendant’s conduct was egr

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State of Oklahoma v. Jonathan Ace Miller

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm AFCF, possession of controlled drug in jail, endangering others by eluding a police officer, and driving while suspended. 21 O.S. 1283 which provides: A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this st

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State of Oklahoma v. Jamari Ashante Lewis

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Courtney Scharater represented the Defendant charged with:first-degree burglary, resisting an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, and obstructing an officer. .21 O.S. 1431 provides: Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, eit

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State of Oklahoma v. Mario Dajuan Verner, Jr.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Brian Martin represented the Defendant charged with:assult and battery by strangulation; first-degree burglary, and possession of a fiream in the commission of a felony. 21 O.S. 664 (J) 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

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United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2

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State of Oklahoma v. Edward Farley

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Brett Swab represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S.11-902, which provides: C. 1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and shall: a. participate in an assessment and evaluation pursuant t

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State of Oklahoma v. MR.F.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Glen Graham represented the Defendant charged with domestic assault and batter in violation of 21 O.S. 644(C), which provides: C. Any person who commits any assault and battery against a current or former intimate partner or a family or household member as defined by Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be guilty of domestic abuse. Upo

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State of Oklahoma v. Jeffrey Price Krigel

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers Richard O'Carroll and Joe White represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114, which provides: A. Rape or rape by instrumentation in the first degree, a Class A2 felony offense, shall include: 1. Rape committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a person under fourteen (14) years of age; 2. Ra

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United States of America v. Caey Frye and Z.P.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Lee represented the Defendant charged with second degree burglary. and larceny of an automobile. 21 O.S. 1435, which provides: Burglary in Second Degree and Third Degree - Acts Constituting Cite as: 21 O.S. § 1435 (OSCN 2026) A. Every person who breaks and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time no human bein

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Janice Steidley, David Iski, and Bryce Lair v. John Singer

Claremore, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Defendants on defamation theories (Libel/Slander). On May 22, 2013, Singer filed grievance forms with the Oklahoma Bar Association against Steidley, Iski, Lair, and three other district attorneys from District 12. He attached to the grievances a 28-page document outlining his complaints about the district attorneys and a CD of materia

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State of Oklahoma v. Sergio Luevano

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in violation of 21 O.S. 652, which provides: A. Every person who intentionally and wrongfully shoots another with or discharges any kind of firearm, with intent to kill any person, including an unborn child as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, s

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United States of America v. Jamar Greeter, Jada Hasty and Khloe Gregory

Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking a minor. Jamar Geeter, 38, of California. contacted the minor victim through social media. When the victim told Geeter that she had a difficult home life, Geeter promised to help her and convinced her to travel from her home in North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once the victim ar

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United States of America v. Arturo Perez Ramirez

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in application for a passport and aggravated identity theft. Arturo Perez Ramirez, age 26, of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, was ordered to be removed from the United States in 2019, after he failed to appear for immigration proceedings. In 2020, Perez Ramirez purchased the identity

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State of Oklahoma v. B.L.S.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Ed Lutz represented the Defendant charged with uttering a forged instrument under $1,000 in violation of 21 O.S. 1592, which provides:A. Every person who, with intent to defraud, utters or publishes as true any forged, altered or counterfeited instrument or any counterfeit gold or silver coin, the forging, altering or counterfeiting of which has previously

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United States of America v. Marc Anthony Alexander

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In 2022, a business known as “Traveling Graces, LLC” was registered with the State of Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its registered agent and “Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander,” formerly of Milford, Connecticut, as its manager. Between July 2023

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