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United States of America v. Heath Adams

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Heath Adams, 43, of Payette, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today.

According to court records, the investigation into Adams began in August 2024, after a report was made to the Pay

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United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple, Charles Lon Seltz

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.

Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, and Speci

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United States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse

A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa

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United States of America v. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Matthew Zook

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet. The sentencing took place on September 29,

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced .

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

“There i

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State of Arkansas v. Lonnie Grant, Yanpoul Soto Lopez, Mercado Tejerina, Lance Hutchings, Caleb Hanners, Charles Stidham and Patrick Parton

Fayetteville, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with various sex crimes.



According to Fayetteville police, the three-day sting led to the following arrests:

57-year-old Lonnie Grant — internet stalking of a child
25-year-old Yanpoul Soto Lopez — internet stalking of a child and electronic facilitation of child sexual a

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United States of America v. Brian Hinds

Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing child pornography.

A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued on October 9, 2025, charging a Jefferson County high school teacher with distributing and possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special

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United States of America v. Sean Carson

Oxford, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercing over 46 Minor Victims to Send Child Pornography.


A Tupelo, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for using an online application to coerce minor females to send him sexually explicit images and videos.

According to court documents, Sean Carson, 24 years old, was getting gir

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United States of America v. Steven Gaston Colburn

Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors

An Amory, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors.

According to court documents, Steven Gaston Colburn, 70 years old, was convicted of recruiting, enticing, maintaining, providing, and soliciting minors under the age of 14 years o

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Eddie Richardson v. Karim Kharbouch

Chicago, Illinois copyright lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over ownership of a song.

In 2012, sixteen-year-old Eddie Lee Richardson enjoyed making instrumental hip-hop beats and uploading them to the internet under the moniker Hotwire the Producer. One beat Richardson crafted is titled “*Hood* Pushin Weight” (HPW). The track has all the trappings of a successful hip-hop

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United States of America v. Richard Adamsky

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard Adamsky, 66, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of receipt and attempted receip

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United States of America v .Peter Bardunias

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity.

Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Cha

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United States of America v. Peter Bardunias

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity.


Peter Bardunias, age 59, of Clifton Park, New York, was charged today with attempting to entice a minor to engage in prohibited sexual activity. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in

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United States of America v. Leonard Polk

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion and Enticement of a Minor.

A Warm Springs, Oregon, man was sentenced to federal prison today for using online social media and messaging platforms to coerce and sexually exploit a 15-year-old minor victim.

Leonard Polk, 25, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervi

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Josep

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Lexington, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography
A Kings Mountain, Ky., man, Zackary Keith Jones, 35, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom to 194 months in prison, for transporting a minor over state lines with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity.

According to his plea agreement, Jones transp

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United States of America v. Robert John May, III

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*

Robert John May, III, 38, of West Columbia, has pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child sexual abuse material.*

“The conduct May pleaded guilty to represents some of the most depraved and exploitative conduct we investigat

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United States of America v. Kelly Lee Setzer

Charlotte, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production And Transportation Of Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Kelly Lee Setzer, 64, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for producing and transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in what the sentencing judge called “horrendous torture of babies,” announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. At

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United States of America v. Kelly Lee Setzer

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production And Transportation Of Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Kelly Lee Setzer, 64, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for producing and transporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in what the sentencing judge called “horrendous torture of babies,” announced Russ Fergu

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United States of America v. Richard Adamsky

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Richard Adamsky, 66, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of receipt and attempted recei

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State of Oklahoma v. D.M.T.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using technology to engate in sexual communctions with a minor in violation of 21 O.S. 1040.13.a.

A. It is unlawful for any person to facilitate, encourage, offer or solicit sexual conduct with a minor, or other individual the person believes to be a minor, by use of any technology, or to engage in any commun

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United States of America v. DeWayne Allen McGill, a/k/a “Domino”

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.

DeWayne Allen McGill, a convicted felon and methamphetamine dealer who bit two law enforcement officers and unlawfully possessed a firearm, was sentenced to prison.

"Caught red-handed with almost three-quarters of a pound of methamphetamine, McGill violently—but unsucc

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United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers

A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.

According to court documents, David Co

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United States of America v. Miranda M. Du

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

A Winnemucca man was sentenced today by United States District Judge Miranda M. Du to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for transporting a 15-year-old girl from Colorado to Nevada, and havin

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