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)

Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing an Athens Dollar General Store in 2019, brandishing a firearm and threatening store employees during the crime.

Londell Nunn, 30, of Savannah, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal on Wednesday, May 18. Nunn faces a maximum o... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - GA)

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.

In March 2020, authorities became aware of a series of armed robberies targeting businesses in Phoenix, Glendale and Buckeye, Arizona from late February through mid-March 2020. According to witnesses, the suspect in each robbery matched the same general physical description, wore a combination of th... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - AZ)

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On Feb. 9, 2020, law enforcement officers observed a vehicle stopped at an intersection in 5200 block of 15th Street in Port Arthur. As the officer approached the vehicle, he saw the driver, later identified as Juesus Antonio Ceja, age 30, , with his head down. The officer drove towa... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - TX)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

In September and October 2019, Kierin Craig Johnson, age 24, of Waterloo, Iowa, posted several videos to social media showing him smoking marijuana and possessing a gun. Johnson also posted videos advertising the sale of marijuana. On October 18, 2019, law enforcement searched Johns... More...   $0 (05-17-2022 - IA)

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.

Jalon J. Moore, 25, of Saint Louis, Missouri, charged with a total of 26 years in prison for a string of robberies he committed in the Metro East area. Moore will serve a three-year term of supervised release following his release from federal prison. Moore was also ordered to pay $132,961... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - IL)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, attempted murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit murder in aid or racketeering, as well as related violent crimes in aid of racketeering, including three murders.

On January 24, 2022, a federal jury convicted Portillo Rodriguez of the racketeering ch... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - NJ)

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with committing a Hobbs Act robbery and bandishing a firearm.

From November 9, 2020 through November 16, 2020, Derrick Rashard Gloude, age 24, robbed six businesses and attempted to rob another in Beaumont. The stores were all engaged in interstate commerce and employed clerks who were engaged in the commercial activit... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - TX)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm while being a user and dealer of marijuana.

Xzavier Kristian Cummings, age 22, from Waterloo, Iowa, was found to have possessed firearms in connection with marijuana trafficking and that some of the firearms Cummings possessed had high-capacity magazines attached. When he bought t... More...   $0 (05-06-2022 - IA)

Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted bank rubbery.

On February 25, 2021, Angel Luis Masdeu, age 59, of Hartsville, took a taxicab to a bank in Hartsville where he directed the taxi driver to enter the drive-thru line and place an envelope in the pneumatic tube. The bank teller received the envelope, which contained a torn, handwritt... More...   $0 (05-03-2022 - SC)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.

Dana Stevenson, 31, illegally possessed 9mm caliber ammunition on July 5, 2021. The ammunition was recovered at the scene of a daytime shooting at Central and Glenwood avenues on Charleston’s West Side.

Approximately five weeks after this incident, on Augu... More...   $0 (05-03-2022 - WV)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murder for hire, robbery, and drug trafficking.

The charges against Kevin Coles, age 36, were the result of a six-year investigation into three murders that occurred on June 25, 2016, on a property along Welsh Run Road in Mercersburg, Franklin County. When Pennsylvania State Police officers were called to ... More...   $0 (05-03-2022 - PA)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes.

Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and il... More...   $0 (04-28-2022 - Or)

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a firearm felony and drug trafficking.

July 2021, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle and found David E. Hamblin, 37, of Barboursville, in possession of over 50 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm, which was loaded and in the pocket of the driver’s side door. Hamblin admitted he intende... More...   $0 (04-26-2022 - KY)

Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a stoke firearm.

Huya Smoke, age 20, was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 19, 2021, and pleaded guilty on December 3, 2021. The conviction stems from Smoke knowingly being in possession of a stolen 9mm semi-automatic pistol in Rapid City in April 2021. At the time, Smoke was also... More...   $0 (04-26-2022 - SD)

Natchez, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm after having been previously convicted of felony crimes.

On April 12, 2020, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a car for a traffic violation driven by Jordan Rashard Thomas, 24, of Vidalia, Louisiana. Due to the odor of marijuana coming from the car, deputies asked the oc... More...   $0 (04-22-2022 - MS)

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On March 16, 2022, Marcus Lawrence Weber, age 26, of Sacramento, had four pending felony arrest warrants when officers located him driving in Roseville. When they tried to pull him over to arrest him, Weber led them on a car chase. Eventually, Weber stopped his car ... More...   $0 (04-19-2022 - CA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with reentering the United States after deportation.

Fernando Garcia-Guerrero, age 35, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Williamsburg, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea on February 14, 2022, to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having b... More...   $0 (04-15-2022 - IA)

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Rudolph Ford, age 33, from Olyphant, 3:18-cr-00413-RDM-4pleaded guilty and admitted to participating in a conspiracy to distribute between 350 and 500 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 20 to 40 grams of heroin in the Lackawanna County area in 2018. Ford was one of five individuals indi... More...   $0 (04-08-2022 - PA)

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and witness tampering.

Chad Gabris, age 41, of Mililani, Hawaii, was indicted for firearm offenses and witness tampering.

State of Hawaii on October 8, 2019, when law enforcement found a Glock .40 S&W firearm and 70 rounds of ammunition hidden in his car in Mililani. Gabrisâ... More...   $0 (04-04-2022 - HI)

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal reentry.

Daniel Gallegos-Quirino appeals his conviction for illegal reentry after
removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), along with the revocation of the
term of supervised release he was serving at the time of the offense. Because
his appellate letter brief does not address the valid... More...   $0 (03-30-2022 - TX)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with reentry after deportation.

Emilio Jimenez-Daniel, age 34, a citizen of Mexico illegally present in the United States and residing in Aurora, Colorado, received the prison term after a guilty plea on November 16, 2021, to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.

At ... More...   $0 (03-26-2022 - IA)

Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a firearm.

Kerry Browning, age 36, was convicted of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

Browning was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 8, 2021. He pled guilty on December 30, 2021.

The conviction stems from an incident on April 11, 2021, in Todd County,... More...   $0 (03-23-2022 - SD)

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.

On February 22, 2018, Samuel Lamar Brantley, 34, and two accomplices entered Lake Area Bank in White Bear Lake brandishing guns and demanding money from the tellers. Brantley was armed with a .40 caliber Glock handgun. During the robbery, Brantley ensured that none of the employees made phone cal... More...   $0 (03-18-2022 - MN)

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Hobbs Act violation armed robberies.

On February 4, 2018, Richard Alonzo Woods, 38, and two accomplices entered Project SoZo, a business that sold apparel and accessories in Minneapolis, brandishing handguns and threatening customers and employees. Woods and his accomplices stole jewelry, money, and cell phones... More...   $0 (03-16-2022 - MN)