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State of Connecticut v. Tahir L.


Litchfield, Connecticut sexual assault in the fourth degree and rick of injury to a child.

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United States of America v. Anthony Englehardt

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Sawed-Off Shotguns and Silencers

Southbury Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Sawed-Off Shotguns and Silencers

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Viky Sarai Flores Benitez v. Miller, et al.


New Haven, Connecticut prisoner civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.



"The lawsuit alleges that the defendants’ forcible separation of the child plaintiffs from their parents, in an effort to coerce them to forfeit their right to seek asylum and to deter other asylum-seekers, constituted torture and inhumane treatment under the Alien Tort Statute. The suit ... More...
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Kathryn A. Briggs v. David L. Briggs

Stamford- Norwalk, Connecticut family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce.


The parties were married in 2007 and have four minor children born issue of the marriage. The plaintiff commenced this action for dissolution on June 3, 2020.

By way of a memorandum of decision filed on November 9, 2022, following a trial at which both parties and ... More...
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United States of America v. Antwane Williams-Bey AKA “Buck”

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a 2013 Drug-Related Murder

Hartford Gang Member Sentenced to 36 Years in Federal Prison for 2013 Drug-Related Murder



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United S... More...
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State of Connecticut v. Timothy Brelsford


New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping in the second-degree wiht a firearm, attempted murder, criminal used of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carjacking, robbery in the first degree and two counts of risk of injury to a child.

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R.R. et al. v. Greenwich Board of Education


New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on an Education: Handicapped Child Act violation undeer 20 U.S.C. 1401.



Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act to improve educational services in local public schools for children with mental, physical, emotional, and learning handicaps require that free appropriate public educa... More...
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United States of America v. Hector Santiago

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Prisoner Who Escaped from Bloomfield Halfway House Sentenced to Additional Prison Time



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the D... More...
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Michael Porter a/k/a Michael Antonio Porter v. State of Mississippi

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial



The trial court sentenced Moates to life imprisonment and a $1... More...
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United States of America v. Christopher Bates, Jr.


New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Sex Abuse Images and Videos

Greenwich Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Images and Videos



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United States of America v. Brannon Winston

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Guns


Man Who Trafficked Guns into Bridgeport Sentenced to Federal Prison



BRANNON WINSTON, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to ... More...
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United States of America v. Elliott Otero

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun


Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison



Elliott Otero, 34, of Manchester, was sentenced to 48 months of imp... More...
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United States of America v. Elliott Otero

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun


Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of ... More...
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United States of America v. Natasha Garcia

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role in Kidnapping and Murder .

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Kidnapping and Murder



Nataha Garcia, 29, formerly of Chicopee,... More...    $0 (04-05-2024 - CT)

United States of America v. Christopher Michaelson

New Haven, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercing and Threatening Children to Produce Sexually Explicit Material .


Guilford Man Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for Coercing and Threatening Children to Produce Sexually Explicit Material

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United States of America v. Alexander Dilella

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting Girls Online.


Stratford Man Who Sexually Exploited Girls Online Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison



Alexander Dilella, 24, of Stratf... More...    $0 (03-25-2024 - CT)

F.S. v. J.S.

Hartford, Connecticut family law lawyers represented the parties seeking a divorce.


Action for the dissolution of a marriage, and for other relief, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford, where the court, Prestley, J., accepted the parties' stipulation to bifurcate the trial as to the issue of custody; thereafter, the case was tried to the court, Prestley,... More...
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United States of America v. Jake Scott Elewellny

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Child Pornography Offense.




JAKE SCOTT FLEWELLYN, 26, of Norwalk, was to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for accessing and possessing images and videos depicting child sex ab... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Castillero, a/k/a Michael Alejandro, Francine Lanaia, and Brian Martinsen

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with onspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and investment adviser fraud in connection with their management of StraightPath Venture Partners LLC (“SPVP”), StraightPath Management LLC, and nine related StraightPath Funds. They were also charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice i... More...    $0 (11-29-2023 - CT)

United States of America v. Tihaja Ortiz-Tucker

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with car jacking.

Tihaja Ortiz-Tucker, also known as “TJ,” 19, of New Haven, pleaded to carjacking and conspiracy offenses.

Between March and July 2022, Ortiz-Tucker and others posed as interested buyers of motor vehicles advertised by Connecticut residents (the “victim-sellers”) on Facebook Mar... More...
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United States of America v. Maria Maldonado

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl.




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Maria Maldonado, age 50, of Hartford, Connecticut, was identified as... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Eckert

New Haven, Connecticut criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn.

Robert Eckert, age 56, of West Hartford, used multiple internet platforms, including MeWe and Kik, to solicit, receive and distribute images of child sexual abuse and to communicate with others about the distribution of child pornography. He accessed the online platforms on his phone, at... More...
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United States of America v. Keven Santos

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony firearm possession and heroin distribution.

In April 2021, Keven Santos, age 24, of Waterbry, was on state parole. As a result of an investigation into activities, including multiple shootings, by members of the Paybacc Crypt street gang in Waterbury, Santos’ parole officer made the decision to conduc... More...
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United States of America v. Douglas Senerth

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud for stealing approximately $679,000 from his grandparents.

Between 2011 and 2019, Denerth Senerth, age 33, of South Windsor, defrauded his grandmother and his late grandfather by falsely claiming to be a college student and inducing them to give him approximately $419,000 to pay for nonexistent coll... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Marlin Sellers, II

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempting to engage in commercial sex with a minor.

In 2020, law enforcement received information that Robert Martin Sellers, age 62, of Bristol, was sharing videos of child sex abuse on a website that is focused on incest. In November 2020, an undercover FBI employee began interacting with Sellers on the s... More...
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State of Connecticut v. Loren Manes

Milford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts for sexual assault.

Loren Manes, age 25 was first charged in 2010. Manes was indicted four counts of illegal sexual contact with a minor, a Class B felony, and two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. He is free on $150,000 bond.

A girl in Manes, who has known Defendant since she wa... More...
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United States of America v. Joseph Pina

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with for child sex trafficking.

In October 2019, Joseph Pina, age 24, conspired with his associate, Joel Lindsay, to recruit, entice and transport a 16-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts. Specifically, on October 17, 2019, Pina, Lindsay and another individual picked up the minor victim and took her... More...
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United States of America v. Tirrell Adams

Burlington, Vermond criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with drug possession.

Tirrell Adams, 36, of Hartford, Connecticut, was sentenced in United States District Court to serve 37 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered Adams to ser... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Schmeer

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for downloading thousands of child sex abuses images and videos over the internet.

An investigation revealed that an IP address at Michael Schmeer’s residence was being used to download child sex abuse images and videos from a peer-to-peer file sharing network. On August 12, 2020, investigators conducted a cou... More...
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United States of America v. Tony Taun Pham

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charge with conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Tony Tuan Pham, also known as “Anh Nguyen,” 52, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was fraud for coaching federal inmates and prospective inmates, who would not otherwise require substance abuse treatment, how to lie to gain admission into a Federal Bureau of Prisons (“B... More...
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United States of America v. Michelle Lynn Gschlecht

New Haven, Connecticut possession of child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michelle Lynn Gschlecht, who was charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse.

In August 1996, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of sexual assault in the first degree related to the aggravated sexual abuse of a minor. In July 2015, Gschlecht was convicted in state court of ... More...
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United States of America v. Lester B. Joy

Bridgeport, Connecticut failure to register as a sex offender charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Lester B. Joy, age 40, formerly of Waterbury, who was charged with failing to register as a sex offender.

The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) provides a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the ... More...
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United States of America v. Edward Galpin

New Haven, Connecticut sexual exploitation of children charge criminal defense lawyer represent Defendant, Edward Galpin, age 39, of Stratford, who was charged with sexual exploitation of multiple children.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Galpin was an administrator of a private Kik messaging app chat group that provided a forum for members to discuss their sex... More...
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United States of America v. City of Meriden, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyers.

The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Connecticut today announced an agreement with the City of Meriden, Connecticut to resolve allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) by denying the application of the Omar Islamic Center to establish a mosq... More...
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United States of America v. Mark Felner

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with child exploitation.

Mark Felner, age 31, from Clinton, Connecticut was charged with for engaging in sexual activity with an underage victim in 2015 and 2016, and receiving pornographic images from the minor victim.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on multiple occasions in ... More...
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United States of America v. Simon Hessler




Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Simon Hessler, ate 48, with child exploitation.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in October 2018, a Connecticut State Police detective identified Hessler as a person possibly involved i... More...
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United States of America v. Ismael Mangual




New Haven, CT - Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison

ISMAEL MANGUAL, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 137 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, f... More...
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United States of America v. Constance Moerland




New Haven, CT - Prison Consultant Pleads Guilty to Participating in Conspiracy to Defraud Federal Bureau of Prisons

Constance Moerland, 33, of Hudsonville, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The offense stems her role in... More...
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United States of America v. Simon Rodrigo Toral-Conteras




New Haven, CT - Citizen of Mexico Sentenced for Illegally Reentering the U.S.

SIMON RODRIGO TORAL-CONTRERAS, 46, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to approximately five months of imprisonm... More...
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John Mara v. Stephen Rilling, Edward Nook, Frederick Hine




On interlocutory appeal from an order denying summary
judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District
of Connecticut (Chatigny, J.), defendants contend that they are
entitled to qualified immunity from plaintiffs suit charging them
with violatin... More...
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