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State of Iowa v. Cori Jayvon Shields
Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful injury causing serious injury, reckless use of a firearm, and intimidation with a dangerous weapon. Cori Jayvon Shields, 27, pleaded guilty to willful injury causing serious injury, reckless use of a firearm, and intimidation with a dangerous weapon....
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( 10-08-2025 - IA)

State of Iowa v. Huston William Danker and Karina Sue Cooper
Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Huston William Danker, age 26, and Karina Sue Cooper, age 45, admitted to shooting Rayan Cooper in 2021. ...
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( 10-08-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. David Davis, Jr.
Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. ...
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( 10-07-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson
Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison. Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon....
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( 09-29-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Gun While Awaiting Sentencing on a Federal Firearms Charge. A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison. Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May ...
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( 09-29-2025 - IA)

Brandon King v. United Parcel Service, et al.
Des Moines, Iowa, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued job discrimination theory. Brandon King ended up in federal court because he did not want to work on Saturdays. The district court1 denied his motion to remand the case to state court and granted judgment on the pleadings to his employer, United Parcel Service, Inc. Not all UPS drivers follow the s...
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( 09-26-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Mensah Olloway, Rosella Weaver, Dakota Grund and Dylan Elrod
Council Bluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and gun possession feloies....
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( 09-26-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Nicholas Carl Thomas
Council Fluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of drugs....
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( 09-26-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Andrew Frazee
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Conspiracy A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on September 19, 2025, to 12 years in federal prison. Andrew Frazee, 32, from Garner, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 1, 2025, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute over a pound of methamphetamine....
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( 09-22-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. D’quon Morrow
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D’quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fent...
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( 09-22-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Shaquan Coffer
Waterloo, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. At approximately 1:00 a.m. on April 2, 2023, Cedar Falls Police Officers responded to a 911 call placed by Coffer’s girlfriend. She reported that Coffer had kicked her windshield while sitting in her car, ultimately cracking it. Officers located the car, conducted a traffi...
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( 09-17-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Daniel Kaler
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Possessing Child Pornography ...
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( 09-09-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Brian Oakleaf
Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography Former Storm Lake City Employee Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography ...
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( 09-09-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Randolph Jay Forrest
Dubuque, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. From 2012 to 2021, Randolph Forrest worked at a used car dealership in Iowa. He and the dealership’s owners rolled back odometers on dozens of vehicles, altered the vehicles’ titles, and resold them without disclosing the true mileage. After the scheme was uncovered, Forrest was indicted on five counts...
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( 09-05-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Dakota Brown
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation firearms. ...
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( 08-28-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Javoni Marcelius Butler
Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. 21:846 CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS...
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( 08-27-2025 - IA)

Nersius adonliel Artisani v. Black Hawk County, et al.
Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory....
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( 08-27-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Margo Ann Williams
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and money laundering. ...
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( 08-27-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Jose DeJesus Mejia-Fraijo
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. ...
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( 08-27-2025 - IA)

State of Iowa v. Adam Geman Tennih, Rickey Cutis Meneweather, and Antonio Luis Alexander
Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendants charged with assault and battery with attempted murder. Adam Geman Tennih, 19; Rickey Curtis Meneweather, 23; and Antonio Luis Alexander, 22, were charged with attempted murder an various firearm felonies....
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( 08-27-2025 - IA)

State of Iowa v. Lonnie Ray Hayes
Des Moines, iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with vehicular homicide while intoxicate. Lonnie Ray Hayes of Des Moines had previously admitted to causing the Dec. 23, 2023, accident that killed Roberto Eduardo Rodriguez-Peterson, 35, of Des Moines. Mr. Hayes said he was high on marijuana when he was traveling more than 70 mph on East 14th Street and collided ...
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( 08-25-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Ronald Lee Behee, Jr.
Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Firearm as a Felon Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Firearm as a Felon ...
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( 08-25-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Jordan Michael Million
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography Independence Man Charged with Child Pornography Crimes ...
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( 08-22-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Bruce Jovon Williams
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. Cedar Rapids Felon Who Ran from Police and Tossed Gun Pleads Guilty in Federal Court ...
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( 08-22-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Rodney Lamard Hall, II
Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute drugs. ...
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( 08-15-2025 - IA)

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