New Orleans, criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A) and possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C).

On July 12, 2018, Reynaud Kendrell Variste, ... More...   $0 (03-16-2022 - LA)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020.

Samuel Gulick, of Middletown, was for crimes associated with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020.

According to court documents and statements made in open court, at approximat... More...   $0 (03-13-2022 - DE)

Charleston, West Virginia riminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On August 27, 2020, law enforcement officers stopped Kayla Slater, 29, walking on Beech Avenue in Charleston after a car she was sighted in took off from police. Officers seized a Beretta Px4 Storm 9mm semi-automatic pistol in plain view in Slater’s handbag and approximat... More...   $0 (03-10-2022 - WV)

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Benny Davis, 37, of Granite City, Illinois, was indicted for possessing firearms while being a convicted
felon.

Davis was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by the Hartford Police Department for traffic infractions. Police officers discovered a rifle,... More...   $0 (03-08-2022 - IL)

Gulfport, Mississippi criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with unlawful reentry by an alien removed after felony conviction.

Wilmer Josue Pavon-Hercules, 40, was arrested on September 12, 2021, following a traffic stop by a Picayune Police officer on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County. Pavon-Hercules did not have a driver’s license and provided only a Honduran ide... More...   $0 (03-06-2022 - MS)

Syracuse, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.

Kamar L. Boatman, 36, of Syracuse was indicted for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, John B. DeVito, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the United Stat... More...   $0 (02-28-2022 - NY)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Nathaniel Donnell Carter, age 37, and Raymia Sophia Carroll, age 37, of Baltimore pleaded guilty.

On November 12, 2019, the DEA and the Baltimore C... More...   $0 (02-24-2022 - MD)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drive-by shooting after conviction of a felony.

Ronald Edward Tinsley, 49, of Charleston, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen firearm.

According to court documents, on or about February 25, 2020, Tinsley was driving a vehicle on the west end of Charleston when officers with th... More...   $0 (02-24-2022 - WV)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony firearm possession.

Donald Conelious Voltz, 48, of Oneonta, illegally possessed a firearm. Voltz pleaded guilty on July 29, 2021, to unlawfully possessing a Taurus 9mm pistol in January 2020 in St. Clair County. Voltz is prohibited from having a firearm because of multiple prior felony convictions spa... More...   $0 (02-18-2022 - AL)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On April 30, 2020, Tillamook Police Department officers responded to a report of Samson, who had three active arrest warrants, slashing the tires of a minivan parked at a motel in Tillamook. Shortly after the officers arrived on scene, Travis Edmond Samson, 40, exited the motel’... More...   $0 (02-17-2022 - CA)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for conspiracy and for transportation of stolen property, taken during a series of burglaries committed in Maryland and Georgia.

Demar A. Brown, age 38, of Paterson, New Jersey and Winston-Salem, North Carolina was indicted for conspiracy and for transportation of stolen property, taken during a series of burglar... More...   $0 (02-14-2022 - MD)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with unlawful possession and transportation of a firearm.

Trivansky Tyrique Swington, age 29, from Waterloo, Iowa, was with a group of friends at a residence in Waterloo, Iowa on February 15, 2021. The group had been drinking for several hours when some of them decided to leave. Swington and three others got into a ve... More...   $0 (02-12-2022 - IA)

Valdosta, Georgia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony firearm possession.

Quinton Jarod Simmons, 30, of Adel, Georgia, was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking offense on Thursday, Feb. 10, foll... More...   $0 (02-12-2022 - GA)

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with robbery and attempted carjacking.

On April 5, 2020, Joshua Leiataua, 30 entered a mini mart in Waipahu, brandished a firearm at the cashier, and demanded money. When the cashier was unable to open the register, Leiataua stole cartons of cigarettes and other items at gunpoint.

Approximately one month l... More...   $0 (02-11-2022 - HI)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and ammunition.

In June 2020, Douglas Hurt, age 41, of Anamosa, Iowa, was in the cabin where he lived, Hurt possessed a Chinese Type 56 7.62 x 39 mm caliber rifle, a Remington 870 Express Magnum 12-gauge shotgun, and ammunition.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United... More...   $0 (02-04-2022 - IA)

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug distribution and felony firearm possession.

Cornelius Michael Turner (34, Jacksonville) was found guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute it.

According to court documents, in May 2019, officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff... More...   $0 (02-03-2022 - FL)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Eric Coleman, age 37 of Baltimore City, Maryland, convicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Acting Special Agent in Charge L.C. Cheeks, Jr. of th... More...   $0 (01-25-2022 - MD)

Austin, Texas criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with carjacking.

On January 30, 2020, Darrell Morgan Watts Jr., 24, responded to an ad for a Ford Mustang for sale on Craigslist, expressing his interest in buying the car. The owner of the Mustang met Watts at a convenience store in southwest Austin so Watts could view it. While the owner was driving the car during a... More...   $0 (01-16-2022 - TX)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and one count of Bank Robbery.

Adam James Mordecai, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of Hobbs Act Robbery and one count of Bank Robbery in August 2021.

According to the plea agreement, Mordecai committed robberies at two different locations in Birmingham taking prescrip... More...   $0 (01-03-2022 - AL)

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant drug and firearm felonies.

Terrance Rollins, age 41, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced in the United States District Court after pleading guilty to a two count Superseding Indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base and possession of firearm... More...   $0 (12-23-2021 - LA)

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug possession, identity fraud and money laundering.

Oniel Wilks, 42, a citizen of Jamaica, was charged with narcotics, identity fraud and money laundering offenses.

In November 2018, members of the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force arrested several individuals, including Louie McDowell... More...   $0 (12-22-2021 - CT)