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United States of America v. Jonathan Lamar Wooten

Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. There was a bank shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 5, 2023, in which Jonathan Lamar Wooten, aka “Chico,” 53, of Thomasville, was allegedly involved and now is facing state charges in Florida for attempted murder, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm

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United States of America v. Howard Neil Martin

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of drugs and possession of a machine gun. The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report about a burglary in progress. When they arrived, Howard Neil Martin, 46, of Sopchoppy, Florida, was parked in the driveway of the residence and in a verbal dispute with som

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State of Oklahoma v. Marco Maurice Antonio Young and Dominique Deshawn Jones

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: SWIK, SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL, in violation of 21 O.S. 652 A Date of Offense: 01/18/2025 YOUNG, MARCO MAURICE ANTONIO Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/18/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL(SWIK) Violation of 21 O.S. 652 A A. Every person who intenti

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United States of America v. Zuemei Zhao

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a restricted person (alien). uemei Zhao, 54, of the People’s Republic of China, admitted that she illegally possessed a black Rossi Braztech Int’l .357 Magnum revolver pistol in Zhao’s checked luggage. Prior to delivering the suitcase to American Airlines, Zhao did not disclose

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United States of America v. Patrick J. Buswell

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs and a machine gun. Patrick J. Buswll, age 51, led law enforcement on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour on his motorcycle. After reaching a dead end, Buswell continued to flee on foot. When arrested, he was found with over 50 grams of methamphetamine in his pockets, al

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United States of America v. Brandon Dunn

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana and possession of a machine gun. Brandon Dunn, age 20, sold marijuana and tapentadol in the New Orleans area. On May 9, 2024, New Orleans Police Department Officers were surveilling DUNN’s residence. DUNN arrived in a stolen Infinity Q60 and exited the driver

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United States of America v. Kleider Enrique Garcia Ocho

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a female and transfer of obscene material to minors.Kleider Enrique Garcia Ochoa, age 30, a Venezuelan national who is present in the United States without authorization, used social media applications and the name “Conociendo” in an attempt to convince someone he believed was a 15-y

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United States of America v. Tatiana Bazer

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud and impersonating and officer or employee of the United States. Tatiana Bazer falsely represented to victims that their money would be used in various ways, including, among things, projects in Ukraine, immigration services, or as loans to Bazer to help resolve her purported arrest for shoplifting, according

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United States of America v. Brian Oneal Guice

Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Brian Oneal Guice, age 43, was arrested ton April 7, 2024, when law enforcement officers responded to reports of shots fired at a convenience store in Brundidge, Alabama. Upon arrival, officers learned that the individuals involved had fled the scene. One bystander

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United States of America v. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal of an alien. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez, 36, and a citizen of Mexico, was deported in April 2018, after he was charged with DUI and assaulting his girlfriend in Hoover in February 2018. Hernandez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attention again in the summer of 2025 after h

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United States of America v. Traon Turk

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Traon Turk, an armed felon and drug dealer led police on a car chase in Marietta, Georgia, to avoid being arrests. On April 4, 2020, the Cobb County Police Department observed an SUV that reportedly had bee

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United States of America v. Jose Carlos Morales-Gutierrez

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. On March 11, 2026, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) trooper pulled over a red semi-truck with trailer in Custer County, Oklahoma. The driver, JOSE CARLOS MORALES-GUTIERREZ, 31, a Mexican national, who, did not have a valid driver

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United States of America v. Ryan Rasheed Shaw

Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug traffiking. Ryan Rasheed Shaw, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the point of contact in West Virginia for the operation led by Rodney Johnson in Philadelphia. Shaw was managing the drug business in Morgantown, supplying significant quantities of illicit drugs to local dealers. Shaw was responsib

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United States of America v. Herberth Rodriguez and Elias Martinez Villanueva

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of ammunition as an alien admitted under a non-immigrant visa, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and racketeering. Herberth Rodríguez, also known as “Kepa,” and Elias Martínez Villanueva, also known as “Rebelde,” both members of the transnational street gang 18th Street, were indicted

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United States of America v. Fabio Lenin Aza-Velez

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of removed alien. Fabio Lenin Aza-Velez, 45, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was previously removed from the United States on November 10, 2009, after being convicted in New York for felony narcotics offenses, including criminal sale of a controlled substance on school grounds. Court record

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United States of America v. Renell Nathaniel Cooper

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with meth and felony possession of a firearm. In May and June of 2025, Renell Nathaniel Cooper, 32, of Birmingham, Alabama, sold more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and illegally possessed four firearms. The alleged incidents occurred in Jefferson County, Alabama. Cooper is prohibited from possessing

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United States of America v. Juan Carlos Popoca

Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine Juan Carlos Poppa, 38, of Tifton, was accused of operating a drug ring out of prison. Haley Maria Sumner, 34, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison on Jan. 29, 2026, after she pleaded guilty to one count of distrib

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United States of America v. Cesar Aguayo-Montes

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession. Before Cesar Aguayo-Montes (Aguayo) pleaded guilty to a drug charge, he asked his attorney about the impact it would have on his immigration status. had lived in Colorado for as long as he could remember, so he was concerned about a line in the plea agreement warning that he “may” be remo

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United States of America v. Jaime Ortega-Urquidi

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lorain police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jaime Ortega-Urquidi, 63, was a

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United States of America v. Travis L. Ingram

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with distributing cocaine, maintaining a drug trafficking premises, and money laundering. Travis L. Ingram, 38, Mosinee, Wisconsin, sold cocaine to a police informant on multiple occasions. At the end of the investigation, police seized over a pound of cocaine, a scale, and other evidence of drug dealing from Ingrams

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State of Florida v. Maria Roda Blanco >/center>

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with assault and battery and driving without a license. Maria Roda Blanco accused for slapping an employee of the daycare center where her child was being cared for. Roda-Blanco, who was born in Uruguay and doesn’t have a criminal record, faced a charge of battery on a school employee and a U.S. Immigration and Cu

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United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab

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United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo

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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. Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with receipt, transfer, possession and production of machine guns. On April 26, 2025, law enforcement officers observed posts on a Facebook profile advertising the sale of machinegun conversion devices (MCDs). Subsequently, an undercover officer began communicating with Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins. Between April and May

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