Davenport, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with criminal gang participation, a class "D" felony.

On April 28, 2021, Davenport police detectives were conducting surveillance at an apartment on Emerald Drive following a gang-related homicide. The detectives observed a suspect leave the apartment, meet briefly with the occupants of an older model Cadillac sedan at a ne... More...    $0 (11-04-2022 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing meth.

Evidence at the sentencing hearing showed that on three occasions between March and April 2021, Charles Edward Ford, age 54, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, distributed ice methamphetamine to a confidential informant. Between February and April 2021, Ford purchased an additional twelve pounds of ice met... More...    $0 (10-25-2022 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3) and 924(a)(2), which provide:

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;

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and

(a)<... More...    $0 (10-17-2022 - IA)

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as an Armed Career Criminal.

On July 20, 2020, Minneapolis Police officers pulled over a GMC Envoy with Romelle Darryl Smith, 33, riding in it. Believing Smith was a suspect in a shooting investigation, officers ordered him out of the car. Smith told the officers he was carrying a Ruger LCP hand... More...    $0 (08-25-2022 - IA)

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Assault With a Dangerous Weapon in Aid of Racketeering, Causing Death Through Use of a Firearm, and Attempted Murder in Aid of Racketeering.

In 2016 and 2017, as a member of Savage Life Boys (SLB), a Davenport-based street gang, Darion Daquan Gardner, age 27, was involved in multiple shootings, including at a dice ... More...    $0 (07-27-2022 - IA)

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and assaulting a correctional officer.

According to evidence presented at the drug trafficking trial, shortly after his 2017 release from prison on a prior federal heroin distribution conviction, Marcus Andrew Burrage, age 36, originally... More...    $0 (06-29-2022 - IA)

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child porn.

According to court documents, law enforcement responded to Aaron Allen Tripses’ residence in reference to a welfare check. It was discovered that Tripses, age 33, had assaulted an adult female. Law enforcement later received information suggesting that Tripses’ phone contained evidence... More...    $0 (06-23-2022 - IA)

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... More...    $0 (06-15-2022 - IA)

Webster City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder assault on a police officer.

Michael Lange was charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing a Grundy Center police officer.

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Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault and battery with willful injury, a Class C felony.

Olympia Rachelle Cook, age 42, was charged for beating another woman with a tire arm in August 2020.

The victim suffered a fractured left wrist, head injuries and a concussion.

708.4 Willful injury.

Any person who does an act whic... More...    $0 (04-21-2022 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with onspired to distribute methamphetamine while he illegally possessed firearms.

Lucas Lowman, 39, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after an October 7, 2021, guilty plea of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and prohibited person in possession of firearms. Lowman was previously convicted of Po... More...    $0 (03-08-2022 - IA)

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for his role in a drug and racketeering conspiracy that encompassed four attempted murders and a stabbing at a local bar.

Mario Herrera, age 31, of Davenport was sentenced after pleading guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine. In April 2021, charges were announced for 15 members and asso... More...    $0 (03-08-2022 - IA)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.

Dean Christopher Upton, age 36, from Auburn, Washington, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender.

At the guilty plea, Upton admitted that between the Spring of 2018 and February 2020, he lived and worked in Iowa and knowingly failed to register as a sex... More...    $0 (01-08-2022 - IA)

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

A Burlington man, Terrell Nicholas Wilson, age 28, was charged for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Wilson was on federal supervised release at the time of the offense.

Wilson was identified by law enforcement on February 2, 2021 as the passenger of a vehicle s... More...    $0 (12-27-2021 - IA)

Davenport, IA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Lamark Armond Combs, Jr., was charged for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography.

Combs, age 21, was identified by law enforcement after the mother of a 15-year-old girl reported to the Davenport Police Department (DPD) that Combs had requested her daughter... More...    $0 (10-18-2021 - IA)

Des Moines, IA: Assault and battery with dangerous weapon charge and attempted murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Michael McKinney, age 26, who fired a handgun at a carful of Black girls who were arguing with pro-Trump agitators near the Iowa Capitol Building in December of 2020.

McKinney was heavily armed and wearing body armor.... More...    $0 (06-19-2021 - IA)

Debuque, Iowa felony possession of a firearm criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant.

Derrick Damon Timmons, age 30, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 17, 2020 guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Evidence at sentencing showed that, during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2020, Timmons had a discussion with another person i... More...    $0 (06-07-2021 - IA)

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with attempted murder.

Nicole Poole Franklin, 42, admitted driving her Jeep Grand Cherokee on Creston Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, where the first child-victim was walking along the sidewalk with another young relative. Upon seeing the children and believing that the victim was of Middle Eastern or African desc... More...    $0 (08-24-2021 - IA)

Waterloo, IA - Felony firearm charged criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

Aundrey Frequal Roberts, Jr., age 26, from Waterloo, Iowa, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

Information disclosed at sentencing and at his plea hearing showed that in July 2019, Robert’s friend, Dreyon Grant, got into a dispute with another man at an apartment complex in Water... More...    $0 (12-27-2020 - IA)