Boise, Idaho personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Racketeering (RICO) Act and other theories.

Plaintiff Tuttle has asserted claims for (1) breach of contract, (2) violation of the
Idaho Consumer Protection Act (“ICPA�), (3) fraud, (4) conspiracy to violate the ICPA
and defraud Tuttle, (5) aiding and abetting fraud and vioaltions of the I... More...    $1 (02-05-2024 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with importing and distributing methamphetamine in Eastern Idaho in exchange for firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit today.

Ramon Morales Jr., 41, of Compton, California, was initially arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol when he was caught attempting to smuggle two pounds of methamphetamine into the ... More...    $0 (08-16-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

From March 2019 through March 2022, Elijah A. Johnson, age 32, of Chicago, Illinois, was part a bank fraud conspiracy that obtained victim bank account information, impersonated account holders, and created and cashed counterfeit checks to obtain money. On part of the conspiracy, Jo... More...    $0 (07-14-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and grand theft.

Lori Vallow, age 49, was accused by the State of Idaho of killing her daughter Tylee ray, age 16, soen Joshua "JJ" Vallow, age 7, and Tammy Daybell, age 49, in 2019.

The State alleged and produced evidence to support its position that Vallow co... More...    $0 (05-12-2023 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of conspiracy murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two children: Joshua “JJ� Vallow and Tylee Ryan. Both are also charged in connection with the death of Chad Daybell’s previous wife, Tammy Daybell.

The motivation for all the deaths, according to the State, ... More...    $0 (04-10-2023 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Sean Robert Wathen, age 50, worked with Larry Junior Hillbroom and others to acquire and smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific Islands of Guam and Palau. Wathen acquired pounds of methamphetamine for Hillbroom over several ... More...    $0 (08-11-2022 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count of possession with the intent to distribute heroin.

Adam Lee Valley, ate 60, engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy with others in southeast Idaho beginning in Decemb... More...    $0 (06-10-2022 - ID)

Coeru D'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant chargd with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Sean Robert Wathen worked with Larry Junior Hillbroom and others to acquire and smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific Islands of Guam and Palau. Wathen acquired pounds of methamphetamine for Hillbroom over several m... More...    $0 (05-18-2022 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy of distribute meth.

Johnson, 35, of Clarkston, Washington, conspired with Helene Martensen, 51, Chandler Lee Black, 21, and Richard Lee Black, 43, to distribute methamphetamine in the Lewiston, Idaho area. Lewiston Police Department detectives, assigned to the Quad Cities Drug Task Force, arrested R... More...    $0 (04-13-2022 - ID)

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the Magic Valley.

James Tyler Ferguson, 30, of Jerome, Jedediah Levi Dahl, 41, of Twin Falls, and Jay Dale Cummins, 52, of Twin Falls, conspired with each other and with at least four others to distribute the drugs. Members of the group travel... More...    $0 (02-18-2022 - ID)

Coeur D'Alene, Idaho criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

On 2015 and 2016, Larry Junior Hillbroom, 37, conspired with others to smuggle methamphetamine through international airports between North Idaho and the Pacific Islands of Guam and Palau. Hillbroom and others used several different methods to smuggle the drugs, incl... More...    $0 (02-08-2022 - ID)

Boise, ID: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methampheamine and fentanyl.

Derek J. Tuschoff, 36, of Boise, to seven years imprisonment and Robert B. Mahan Jr., 38, of Phoenix, to ten years imprisonment. Both Tuschoff and Mahan were ordered to serve five years of supervised release upon completion of their prison sentences.
... More...    $0 (10-12-2021 - ID)

Boise, ID: Drug distribution criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Oliver "Juice" Yardley, of Ontario, Oregon, was charged for distributing methamphetamine.

On August 26, 2019, Yardley and his wife, Ashley Cates Yardley, 33, sold approximately two ounces of methamphetamine to another person in a parking lot in Fruitland, Idaho. Ashely Yardley was indicted by a federal grand jury... More...    $0 (08-26-2021 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, unlawful possession of a firearm by a drug addict, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Christopher William Bounds, 38, of Lind, Washington, was charged with conspiracy to distribute ... More...    $0 (04-28-2021 - ID)

Coeuro D’Alene, Idaho criminal defense lawyer who was charged with felony possession of a firearms and drugs.

Christopher William Bounds, a/k/a Jonathan James Montgomery, 38, of Lind, Washington, was charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, unlawful possession of a firearm by a drug addict, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and for possessing a firear... More...    $0 (04-29-2021 - ID)

Boise, Idaho RICO charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Harlan Hale, age 55,who was charged++++++++++++++++++++++++9 with being a leader of the Idaho prison gang known as the Aryan Knights, or “AK,â€� was charged with one count of participating in a RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) conspiracy and one count of committing a violent crime in furtherance o... More...    $0 (04-02-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Burley Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Drug Trafficking

Lucio Juarez, 36, of Burley, Idaho, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to the plea agreement, Juarez sold methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement agent four times between December 6, 2016, and April 3, 2017. A fifth sale was arranged, but Juarez was arrested prior to ... More...    $0 (10-09-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Michigan Man Sentenced for Credit and Debit Card Fraud

Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, of Redford Charter Town, Michigan, was sentenced on August 17, 2017 to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Searcy to pay $7,299.... More...    $0 (08-20-2017 - ID)

COEUR D’ALENE, ID - Three men plead guilty to distributing methamphetamine

Andrew Byers, 27, of Craigmont, Idaho, Brice Heimgartner, 25, of Clarkston, Washington, and Salvador Saucedo, 27, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, pleaded guilty on June 29, 2017 to federal drug charges. Byers, Heimgartner and Saucedo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Byers also pleaded guilty... More...    $0 (06-29-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Burley Father and Son Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

A federal jury found father, Sergio Chavez-Verduzco, 42, and son, Sergio Chavez-Macias, 20, of Burley, Idaho, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chavez-Verduzco was also convicted of participating in a continuing criminal enterprise. A third defendant, Armando Orozco-Guillen, 21, of... More...    $0 (06-06-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Michigan Residents Plead to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud

Michigan residents Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, and Juwuan Demilo Gordon, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Searcy pleaded guilty on May 8, 2017 and Gordon pleaded guilty on April 24. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in February 2017.

According to court proceedings, Searcy ... More...    $0 (05-08-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - California Man Faces Mandatory Life in Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

Justin Gomez, 29, of Barstow, California, was convicted yesterday evening by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez, announced. The jury’s decision came after a two-day trial in federal court in Boise. Gomez, who has two prior felo... More...    $0 (04-17-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Wendell Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

Jose De Jesus Garay-Gonzalez, 29, of Wendell, Idaho, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge took Garay-Gonzalez’s plea.

According to evidence presented at the change of plea hearing, Garay-Gonzalez and his codefendants conspired to dis... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

Bernandino Mercado, Jr., 50, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

According to statements made at the hearing, Mercado distributed multiple pounds of methamphetamine out of his Nampa residence between June 2015 and September 2016. Mercado also admitted to traffi... More...    $0 (03-09-2017 - ID)

Boise, ID - “Traveling Crew” Sentenced for Using Stolen Debit Card Numbers from Local Bank

Alejandro Hidalgo, 27, Dilcia Martinez-Marquez, 27, Enrique Matos-Herrera, 30, and Jose Salazar-Quintana, 30, were sentenced to prison for using stolen debit card numbers to make over $30,000 of fraudulent purchases at local Walmart stores and other businesses. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. L... More...    $0 (03-19-2017 - ID)