Firearm Felony Law
 
United States of America v. Bertha Alicia Ochoa

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 21 USC 843(b) and 843(d)(1): Use of a Communication Facility in Committing, Causing, and Facilitating the Commission of a Drug Trafficking Felony; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d)(1), 21 USC 853, and 28 USC 2461(c): Drug and Firearms Forfei.

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United States of America v. Phillip Verlon Logan

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 18 USC 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2): Felon in Possession of a Firearm; FORFEITURE ALLEGATION: 18 USC 924(d)(1) and 28 USC 2461(c): Firearms Forfeiture.

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United States of America v. Adam Douglas Sherwood

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess in distribut meth and felony possession of a firearm.

21:846 and 841(b)(1)(A)(viii): Drug Conspiracy; Forfeiture Allegation: 21:853, 18:924(d)(1), and 28:2461(c): Firearms and Drug Forfeiture
(1ss)

21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), and 18:2: Possession of Methamphetamine with In

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United States of America v. Randy Hordge

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking.

Randy Hordge, 22, pleaded guilty in January 2023 to carjacking. He was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay.

“This is another example of the ATF’s and our U.S. Attorney’s Office’s commitment to aggressively pursuing those who commit violent crimes in Dallas,” said

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United States of America v. Raynard Smith and Lanard

Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling of counterfeit goods.

Evidence presented to the Court showed that Raynard Smith, 42, and Lanard Smith, 42, of Summerville, operated store fronts and sold merchandise, to include sports jerseys, that had been imported from countries such as China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany, Italy, and Tai

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United States of America v. Keyuon Divine Cannie, Trashawn Tavaris Edward Coleman, Daquan Collins, and Lamar Moore

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to sell firearms without a license and to transport to New York firearms unlawfully obtained in North Carolina.

Keyuon Divine Cannie, 24, Trashawn Tavaris Edward Coleman, 23, Daquan Collins, 29, and Lamar Moore, 25, all of Charlotte, with conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in

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United States of America v. Carlisa Renea Allen

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug distribution and felony possession of a firearm.

Carlisa Renea Allen, age 46, was initially indicted on March 28, 2023, and was tried on charges in a third Superseding Indictment filed October 30, 2023. ALLEN was charged in Count One with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine hyd

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United States of America v. Christopher Neal Boram, II

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

Christopher Neal Borm, II, age 38, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, a convicted felon, persuaded a female to purchase him a 9mm pistol from a licensed firearms dealer in Morgantown. Investigators searched Boram’s hotel room and found the 9mm pistol’s box, another fir

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United States of America v. Robert Forbes, Jr. a/k/a Ra Ra a/k/a Henny

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and two counts of Attempted Hobbs Act Robberies.

Between February 18, and March 26, 2020, Robert Forbes, Jr. a/k/a Ra Ra a/k/a Henny, 37, of Rochester, NY, participated, with others, in four separate home invasions in Rochester and Greece, NY. Forbes took part in planning,

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United States of America v. Tyran Jeremiah Locure

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime in violation of 18 U.S.C.. 18:924(c)(1)(A)(i).

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United States of America v. Daquan Lamont Wright

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing and selling firearms.

An investigation determined that Daquan Lamonth Wright, age 26, of Bridgeport, was illegally selling firearms without a license. In January and February 2023, investigators made three controlled purchases of handguns from Wright. One of the handguns had been r

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United States of America v. Nicholas Karov

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a stolen firearm.

On October 28, 2022, Nicholas Karov, 40, of Rutland, Vermont, reached into the open window of a Ford F-250 parked on Wales Street in Rutland, Vermont and removed a CMMG Banshee .45 caliber AR-style pistol with extended magazine from inside the truck. The owner of the

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United States of America v. John Rivera, Jr.

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony possession of a firearm.

John Rivera, Jr., 24, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing fentanyl and crack cocaine with the intent to distribute and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

On September 16, 2021, the New Hampshire State Police, working

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United States of America v. Matthew Hal McRaney

Anniston, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Matthew Hal McRraney, 49, of Ohatchee, was accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm. McRraney pleaded guilty to the charge in August.

On September 15, 2022, McRraney got into verbal altercation with his girlfriend, retrieved a short-barreled shotgun, and ch

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State of Oklahoma v. Courtney Mikial Thomas

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 12/15/2021
THOMAS, COURTNEY MIKIAL

Count # 2.
Count as Filed: SWIK, SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL, in violation of 21 O.S. 652
Date of Offense: 12/15/2021
THOMAS, COURTNEY MI

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United States of America v. Lee Wallette

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine.

In January of 2023, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) developed information that Jody Lee Wallette, 36, of Spokane, Washington, was selling fentanyl-laced pills and

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United States of America v. Andrew Jones

Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing multiple female inmates and making false statements while he was a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Dublin, California.

Andrew Jones, 36, of Clovis, California, pleaded guilty to the charges on Aug. 17. Today’s sentence was handed down by U.S. Distric

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United States of America v. Thomas Zolezzi

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing fraud to obtain almost $3 million intended to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his plea agreement, Thomas Zolezzi of San Diego, admitted he submitted five loan applications containing false statements to trick lenders into providing the relief funds. He used the borrowed funds

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United States of America v. Anthony Lawrence Collins, Sr.

Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Anthony Lawrence Collins, age 40, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was indicted by a federal grand jury in October of 2022, for being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.

He pleaded guilty on July 27, 2023.

Collins was convicted in federal court of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in 2003. His firear

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State of Kansas v. Maria Acadia Ruiz

Dodge City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony theft and a violation of the Kansas Retailer’s Sales Tax Act after she refused to remit nearly $50,000 in sales taxes she collected.

After Maria Acadia Ruiz failed to remit almost $50,000 in sales taxes
she collected while operating her business, the State charged her with one count each of

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United States of America v. David Poitier Belton

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 and unlawful transportation of a firearm in violation of 18:922(g)(3) and 924U(a)(2) .

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United States of America v. Toney Edward Henderson

Cedard Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.Toney Edward

Tony Edward Henderson, age 50, from Camden, Arkansas, was accused to engaging in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance after having previously been convicted of a serious drug felony and possession of a firearm by a felon.

From August 2021 un

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United States of America v. Charles M. Witter

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing child pornography.

On July 26, 2023, Charles M. Witter, age 33, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing child pornography over the internet on Oct. 5, 2020, one count of transporting child pornography over the internet from Nov. 12, 2020, to Jan. 11, 2021, and one count of

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United States of America v. Matthew Olinger

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling about $280,000 from his employer to buy a boat and make other personal purchases.

Matthew Olinger, 40, of Florida, pleaded guilty to a felony wire fraud charge in July and admitted embezzling from his employer in two ways. Olinger worked for a seed company as an area business manager, managing fi

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United States of America v. Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire.

Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey were charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, kidnapping resulting in death and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Rob McGuire called the verdict was justice for Williams'

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