Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distribution quantities of methamphetamine and heroin and two handguns.

n November 5, 2019, officers from the Salem Police Department Strategic Investigations Unit (SIU) were conducting surveillance at a Salem hotel known for drug activity. Officers observed Russell-Brown, who had twice been arrested in the prior... More...   $0 (07-10-2022 - )

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and body armor.

Between May 8 – 29, 2019, James Heigle, age 40, from St. Tammany Parish, possessed multiple firearms and a bullet-proof vest. Before May 2019, he was convicted of a violent felony in Jefferson Parish, which precluded him from possessing firearms and a bullet-... More...   $0 (07-08-2022 - LA)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with firearm felonies.

William Rashad Burt, age 28, of Waterloo, Iowa on July 6, 2021, law enforcement officers searched a residence and located four felons, including Burt, and five firearms. Officers also found evidence of marijuana trafficking. Burt was found with a revolver and $1,272 in cash. While being arrested... More...   $0 (07-07-2022 - IA)

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

On February 17, 2021, Hartford Police arrested Eric White, age 31, of Hartford, after they found him in possession of a loaded .45 caliber Taurus handgun.

White’s criminal history includes state felony convictions for assault and narcotics offenses. ... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - CT)

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

On February 9, 2021, law enforcement officers were working an undercover operation in Sarasota. Deuntay Robertson, age 30, from Sarasota, approached the undercover law enforcement vehicle and offered to sell the undercover officers cocaine base. Robertson in... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - FL)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute almost 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Joshua A. Brown, 38, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Sept. 1, 2018, to Nov. 5, 2019.

Brown was arrested on March 26, 2019, after he paid $5,000 t... More...   $0 (06-27-2022 - MO)

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Federal Gun Control Act.

Ernest Dunn, age 32, from New Orleans, was convicted of armed robbery and purse snatching. The current conviction relates to a November 6, 2020 incident during which DUNN was found sitting in the driver’s seat of a car by federal agents. A search of the car revealed ... More...   $0 (06-25-2022 - La)

Williamsport, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

On June 15, 2022, Alex Santiago was in possession of a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber firearm in Mount Carmel. As a previously convicted felon, he was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigat... More...   $0 (06-17-2022 - PA)

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murder and racketeering related to the alleged murder of three people, as well as various other offenses including drug trafficking and obstruction of justice.

Philmon Deshawn Chambers, aka Dolla Phil, 33, of Atlanta; Andrea Paige Browner, aka Light Brite, aka Shawty, 27, of Athens, Georgia; Lesley Chappell Green, ... More...   $0 (06-17-2022 - GA)

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

According to court documents, on Jan. 11, 2021, Adrian Rodriguez Cardenas, 22, of Bakersfield, negotiated with and sold to an undercover law enforcement officer counterfeit OxyContin/oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Cardenas thereafter negotiated a second sale of pills to ... More...   $0 (06-17-2022 - CA)

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Conspiracy to Smuggle Goods from the United States, Smuggling Goods from the United States, False Statements in Connection with Acquisition of Firearm, and Aiding and Abetting False Statements in Connection with Acquisition of Firearm.

In early 2020, Rubio, a former Arizona Department of Corrections Officer, conspi... More...   $0 (06-16-2022 - AZ)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with felony transportation of firearms.

Qunshaundes Davion McNealy, age 27, William McNealy III, age 22, Sahjit Mcyle Phillips, age 23, and William Rashad Burt, age 28, all from Waterloo, Iowa, each pled to being a felon in possession of at least one firearm. Evidence in this case showed that, on July 6, 2021, law enf... More...   $0 (06-15-2022 - IA)

Chicago, Illinois immigration lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful reentry of a noncitizen who lacked legal status.


Viveros-Chavez, a citizen of Mexico and not of the United States, has been removed from the United States twice in the past: once in March 2010, and again in September 2012. Nearly seven years later, in May 2019, he was convicted in Cook County for felony ... More...   $0 (06-13-2022 - IL)

Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Travis Stefenon Dequan Lawrence, age 29, of Charleston, was a felon and self-professed member of a dangerous street gang. When he was arrested, he was in possession of a stolen pistol with a magazine holding 17 rounds of hollow point ammunition. His record shows ... More...   $0 (06-13-2022 - SC)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a loaded semiautomatic handgun as a prior convicted felon, and possessing marihuana with intent to distribute.

William L. Marshall, age 40, of Ithaca, New York, was indicted for possessing a loaded semiautomatic handgun as a prior convicted felon, and possessing marihuana with intent to distribut... More...   $0 (06-10-2022 - NY)

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal gun possession and drug distribution in Middle Georgia utilizing the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), was sentenced to prison.

Jasper Blackshear, 57, of Macon, was sentenced to serve 130 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Marc... More...   $0 (06-09-2022 - GA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with reentry of deported alien.


On May 3, 2022, a one-count Indictment was filed against defendant. On May 20, 2022, defendant appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Mark A. Roberts and entered a plea of guilty to count one of the Indictment. On May 20, 2022, Judge Roberts filed a Report and Recommendati... More...   $0 (06-06-2022 - IA)

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of kidnapping.

Jake Messer, age 39, of Rockholds, Kentucky, organized, directed, and recruited assistance for the armed kidnappings. Messer ordered the two victims transported to a remote trailer in Clay County, where they were held for 24 hours. There, the victims were separated, interrogated, threat... More...   $0 (06-02-2022 - KY)

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with carjacking and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

On March 15, 2021, law enforcement officers responded to a carjacking and shooting in Port Arthur where they found a man shot in the arm at his residence. The victim told officers that as he walked out of his house to go to work, he was approached by an ... More...   $0 (06-01-2022 - TX)

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug distribution and firearm felonies.

Franklin Pineda-Caceras, aka "Bomba", age 22, of Honduras, an MS-13 Gang member, was initially charged in July 2019 with immigration violations, drug trafficking, and firearms violations, after previously being deported from the U.S. He later pleaded guilty to illegal r... More...   $0 (05-27-2022 - TN)

Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm by a felon.

Jesse William Peterson, 40, possessed a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver with an obliterated serial number. On October 25, 2020, officers with the Duluth Police Department attempted to arrest Peterson at a residence on an outstanding warrant. Peterson refused to ex... More...   $0 (05-26-2022 - MN)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with carjacking and felony possession of a firearm.

U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson sentenced Dwight Vernon Leleux to 144 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. The defendant was further ordered to pay the victim $3, 229.09 in restitution for medical costs, to be paid jointly and se... More...   $0 (05-26-2022 - OK)

Rapid City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Dai’Sean Dupree Battles, age 30, from Waterloo, Iowa, and his girlfriend were involved in an altercation with another individual at a home in Waterloo. That individual left the residence with two others and Battles and his girlfriend followed in their vehicle. As they... More...   $0 (05-25-2022 - IA)

Bowling Green, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing, with the intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

On December 8, 2020, Robert Thomason, 41, possessed, with the intent to distribute, 54.13 grams of methamphetamine. Thomason also possessed a handgun after having been previously ... More...   $0 (05-25-2022 - KY)

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug distribution.

eremy K. Mairidith, 40, was convicted following his guilty plea in November of leading a drug trafficking organization which conspired to sell and distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. On Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Mairidith after hearing arguments an... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - MS)