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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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