Memphis, Tennessee criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

From September 2017 through March of 2020, Craig, age 41, Parham and his co-conspirators formed a group named the Smokey City Bullies or SCB. This group distributed illegal narcotics in the North Memphis (Smokey City) area of Memphis, TN. Most of these individuals displayed their affiliation to th... More...   $0 (09-21-2022 - TN)

Rockford, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing firearms.

Rahime Briggs, age 25, and D'Leon Johnson, age 25, of Rockford, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of illegal firearm possession. As previously convicted felons, they were prohibited by federal law from possessing firearms.

Briggs admitted in a plea agreement that h... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - IL)

Charleston, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with extort and defraud military members that was operated from the South Carolina Department of Correction (SCDC).

While serving a 25-year sentence in SCDC for voluntary manslaughter and attempted armed robbery, Darnell Khan, age 39, smuggled smartphones into SCDC and used the internet to join internet dating w... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - SC)

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
illegal return to the United States.

According to court documents, Salamon Ruiz-Lopez (48) had previously been deported five times between 2010 – 2011. In June 2017, Ruiz-Lopez was convicted of Attempted Murder in Clark County District Court, and he was sentenced to 48 – 120 months of custody. Following the ... More...   $0 (09-20-2022 - NV)

Portland, Maine criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling to Maine to have sex with a minor.

In August 2020, Devin James Melycher, age 30, drove from his residence in Connecticut to Gorham, Maine to engage in sexual conduct with the minor victim. The trip followed weeks of contact between Melycher and the victim over Snapchat and other chat platforms during which ti... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - ME)

Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
Drug Trafficking - fentanyl, heroin meth and cocaine.

The drug supplier to multiple members of a drug trafficking group distributing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine throughout the Puget Sound region was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison, announced U.S. Att... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - WA)

Concord, New Hampshire criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

On September 30, 2020, a New Hampshire State Trooper stopped a vehicle in which Darvent Cummings, age 31, of Brooklyn, New York, was a passenger based on a traffic violation. The driver of the vehicle did not have a license and the driver and the defendant gave inco... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - NH)

Brooklyn, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering for his role as the owner and operator of a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) company that facilitated and profited from the introduction of fraudulent robocall traffic into the United States.

Jon J. Kahen, 48, of Great Neck, New York, was the owner and chief executive officer of Global Voicecom ... More...   $0 (09-16-2022 - NY)

Brownsville, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with:
conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

Costilla-Sanchez profited $5 million from drug trafficking. He was ordered to pay a money judgment in that amount. In handing down the sentence, Judge Rodriguez noted Costilla-Sanchezâ€... More...   $0 (09-15-2022 - TX)

Brownsville, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged withconspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana from Mexico into the United States.

Costilla-Sanchez profited $5 million from drug trafficking. He was ordered to pay a money judgment in that amount. In handing down the sentence, Judge Rodriguez noted Costilla-Sanchez’s extensive involvement in trafficking illegal dr... More...   $0 (09-15-2022 - TX)

Rockford, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a loaded semi-automatic handgun.

Shazariyah F. Hibbett, illegally possessed the gun on Oct. 27, 2020. Hibbett was a passenger in a vehicle that Rockford Police officers attempted to stop. The driver of the vehicle drove from officers at a high rate of speed, eventually stopping in a residenti... More...   $0 (09-15-2022 - IL)

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Illegal re-entry into the United States.

At the hearing, the court heard additional evidence that Bonilla-Flores had previously illegally entered the United States on April 8, 2014. He had also engaged in criminal conduct that resulted in a conviction for the aggravated felony offense of third degree sex offense ... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - TX)

Washington, DC criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony firearms possession.

On March 10, 2022, an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department observed as Azriel Echavarria, age 20, from Washington, DC, broadcast live footage of himself on Instragram Live as he waved a gun around inside an apartment in the 800 block of Kenilworth Avenue NE. MPD officers placed Echavar... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - DC)

San Diego, California criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with
Environmental Crimes.

Oily Bilge Water Discharge Offense.In pleading guilty, New Trade and Plasabas admitted that oily bilge water was illegally dumped from the Longshore directly into the ocean without being properly processed through required pollution prevention equipment. Oily bilge water typically contains ... More...   $0 (09-09-2022 - CA)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with a $2.1 Million meth Conspiracy

Two Mexican nationals and a St. Joseph man were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in northwest Missouri.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL,... More...   $0 (09-09-2022 - MO)

New York City, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged for her role in an approximately 20-year scheme to sell and distribute to racehorse trainers and others in the racehorse industry “untestable� performance enhancing drugs (“PEDs�) for use in professional horse racing.

Ms. Lisa Giannelli was charged in United States v. Navarro, 20 Cr. 160 (MKV), a case arising ... More...   $0 (09-08-2022 - NY)

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bid-rigging and fraud.

Following a week-long trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in January, a jury convicted Brent Brewbaker, a former Contech executive, for participating in conspiracies to rig bids and submit false certifications of non-collusion for more than 300 aluminum... More...   $0 (09-08-2022 - NC)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with smuggling goods into the United States.

Felipa Oliveros was sentenced to three months in custody for smuggling pesticides into the United States from Mexico.

Oliveros pleaded guilty in April 2022 to smuggling bottles of Bovitraz or Taktic into the United States. Oliveros had been charged as part of... More...   $0 (09-08-2022 - CA)

New York City, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

Natalia Korzha and Vladislav Neceaev conspired to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme to launder money derived from an online vehicle sale scam that generated at least $5.3 million from dozens of defrauded consumers.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Natali... More...   $0 (09-07-2022 - NY)