Watertown, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Nicole Lacey, age 28, ran over and killed her boyfriend, Jared Cook, in 2018.

could have and they just weren’t buying it. I think the cell phone and some of the physical evidence in the undercarriage i... More...   $0 (05-25-2022 - NY)

El Reno, OK: criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI2DM, DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(4)
Date of Offense: 08/11/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
WARNER, LACEY MAE Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/03/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICL... More...   $0 (05-03-2022 - OK)

El Reno, OK: criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FE1A4, CHILD ENDANGERMENT BY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, in violation of 21 O.S. 852.1(A)(4)
Date of Offense: 04/06/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
WARNER, LACEY MAE Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/03/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: CHILD ENDANGERMENT BY DRIVING UN... More...   $0 (05-03-2022 - OK)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to traffic in illegal wildlife in interstate and foreign commerce.

From approximately April 2017 through April 2019 Michael Van Nostrand, age 55, of Davies Florida, and Strictly Reptiles, Inc. and their co-conspirators established a network of “collectors” to capture specimens of various wild fresh-w... More...   $0 (04-21-2022 - FL)

Valdosta, Georgia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with violating the Lacey Act.

Ashtyn Michael Rance, age 35, was indicted for pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2018, he shipped three eastern box turtles and 16 spotted turtles from Valdosta to a customer in Florida, in a package falsely labeled as containing tropical fish and common lizards. He was paid $3,300 for the tur... More...   $0 (02-24-2022 - GA)

El abogado de defensa criminal de Tulsa, Oklahoma representa al Acusado, acusado de POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8M, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401-B2
Date of Offense: 07/30/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
WALKER, JAYLON Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/19/2021. ... More...   $0 (01-13-2022 - OK)

Buffalo, NY: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for violating the Lacey Act and the Animal Welfare Act by trafficking African wild cats.

Christopher Casacci, 39, of Amherst, was doing business as “ExoticCubs.com,” through which he advertised, imported and sold exotic African cats. Between February and June of 2018, Casacci imported and sold dozens of caracals (Cara... More...   $0 (10-19-2021 - NY)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE - METH, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401
Date of Offense: 03/31/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
WATCHOUS, LACEY LEIGH Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/28/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ... More...   $0 (09-28-2021 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8I, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401-B2
Date of Offense: 12/10/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
WATCHOUS, LACEY LEIGH Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/28/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: CONTROLLED ... More...   $0 (09-28-2021 - OK)

Newark, NJ: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal interstate sale of carving made of sperm whale ivory.

Richard Gontarek, 55, of Woodbridge, New Jersey, was charged with two counts of violating the Lacey Act, by selling to a buyer in Pennsylvania carvings made of sperm whale ivory that Gontarek should have known were possessed in violation of New Jersey State ... More...   $0 (09-22-2021 - NJ)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking in endangered and invasive fish in violation of the Lacey Act.

Anthony Nguyen, aka JoJo Nguyen and Jackie Lee, 49, of Pittsburgh, entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Nora B. Fischer to counts one and two of the indictment returned against him on Nov. 13, 2020, alleging that he traff... More...   $0 (07-21-2021 - PA)

Elkins, West Virginia illegal transportation of ginseng charge criminal defense lawyer represented David Changhyub Lee, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was charged for aiding and abetting the illegal transportation of ginseng across state lines.

Lee, 35, pled guilty to one count of “Interstate Transportation of Ginseng in Violation of State Law – Aiding and Abetting” in December 2020. L... More...   $0 (06-02-2021 - WV)

Salt Lake City, Utah Lacey and Endangered Species Act violation charges criminal defense lawyer represented Jean-Michel Arrigona, 58, of Midvale, who was charged with unlawfully importing wildlife into the United States and reselling it from the Natur store in Midvale, which he owns. Arrigona admitted that he imported approximately 1,500 wildlife items from 2015 to 2020. He only declared three of ... More...   $0 (05-27-2021 - UT)

Cincinnati, Ohio Lacey Act charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Joseph R. Schigur, a licensed commercial fisherman, and his deckhand, harvested 96 American paddlefish from the Ohio waters of the Ohio River that he knew were closed to commercial fishing. After capturing the paddlefish using gill nets, Schigur transported each catch to his shop in English, Indiana, where the roe was... More...   $0 (05-25-2021 - OH)

Laredo, Texas criminal defense Lacey Act lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally selling hummingbirds.

Cecilia Castaneda, 63, and Maria Luisa Garza-Salazar, 57, were charged with illegally selling hummingbirds. Castaneda owned and operated Herbario Corpus Christi, a business specializing in herbs and spices. Garza-Salazar was her employee.

Both women were charged und... More...   $0 (05-17-2021 - TX)

El Reno, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:
Count # 1. Count as Filed: COMPU, COMPUTER FRAUD / UNLAWFUL USE OF COMPUTER / SYSTEM, in violation of 21 O.S. 1953(A)(2)
Date of Offense: 12/05/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
JOHNS, LACEY LYNN Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/12/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: COMPUTER FRAUD / UNLAWFUL USE O... More...   $0 (05-12-2021 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA4, POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-103
Date of Offense: 03/03/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
RICE, LACEY RENEE Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/06/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE(LA4)
Violation of 47 O... More...   $0 (05-06-2021 - OK)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Lacey Act violation criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Joshua Taylor Lucas, who was charged with with wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act by trafficking in endangered Galapagos Tortoises.

On April 14, 2020, Lucas was charged by Information with violating the Lacey Act. Among other offenses, the Lacey Act prohibits people from importing,... More...   $0 (03-11-2021 - OK)

San Juan, Puerto Rico criminal defense lawyer represented Aristides Sanchez, of Arecibo, the owner of the Arecibo-based saltwater aquarium business, Wonders of the Reef Aquarium, who was charged with violating the Lacey Act.

A large part of the business of Wonders of the Reef Aquarium was devoted to the sale of native Puerto Rican marine species that are popular in the saltwater aquarium ... More...   $0 (02-23-2021 - PR)