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State of New York v. Jeremiah Henderson

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder in the Second Degree (Class A-I felony). Reported by Kent Morlan On Monday, June 16, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Jeremiah Henderson, 25, of Buffalo, intentionally shot the victim during a ... More...

State of New York v. Anthony Peterson

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree manslaughter. Reported by Kent Morlan Anthony Peterson, age 53, of Schenectady, New York, recklessly crossing into oncoming traffic and caused the death of a 64-year-old Albany man. On S... More...

State of New York v. Dmitry Popov

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Reported by Kent Morlan Dmitriy Popov, 20, of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, stabbed and killed O’Shae Sibley, 28, at a Midwood gas station after hurling homophobic and anti-Black slurs at him... More...

State of New York v. Juan Valoy

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony. Reported by Kent Morlan Juan Valoy, age 47, stole approximately $25,000 from three victims through an apartment rental scam. From March to Jul... More...

United States of America v. Jason Knobloch

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Since February 2021, Jason Knobloch, 56, of Lancaster, NY, and others have been carrying out a scheme involving the fraudulent sales of forklifts and other similar equi... More...

United States of America v. Drasana Johnson

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conducting a monetary transaction involving over $850,000 in stolen government funds, approximately $200,000 of which she used to purchase a residential property. Reported by Kent Morlan Drasana Johnson... More...

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charge with h money laundering conspiracy in connection with their participation in a scheme to launder funds derived from cyber investment fraud scams, or “pig butchering” scams. Reported by Kent Morlan betwe... More...

United States of America v. Kyle Brown

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged wtih sexual abuse of a ward for engaging in sexual acts with an inmate he was responsible for guarding. Reported by Kent Morlan Between in or about 2024 and on or about July 1, 2026, Kyle Brown, age 2... More...

United States of America v. Todd Faustin

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements relating to healthcare matters in connection with use-of-force incidents that took place within Rikers Island. Reported by Kent Morlan Todd Faustin, age 43, a former correctio... More...

Center> United States of America v. Steven L. Ploof

Rochester, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with threatening to assault a federal official in violation of 18 U.S. 115. Reported by Kent Morlan Steven L. Ploof, 48, of Greece, New York, went to the Ogden, NY, residence of an FBI Special Agent and his... More...

United States of America v. Christopher Alexander Jr. and Devin Latrell Coleman

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in violation of 18 U.s.C. 1349, and aggravated identify theft in violation of 18 U.s.C. 1028. Reported by Kent Morlan Christopher Alexander Jr., age 21, of Syracuse, New Y... More...

United States of America v. Leon Wilson

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of right under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(i), 924(c)(1)(A)(ii), 924(c)(l)(A)(iii) and 3551. Reported by ... More...

United States of America v. Tameka Babulal, a/k/a “Tameka Williams,” a/k/a “Sharniece Williams,” a/k/a “Meek Williams”

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1709, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. Reported by Kent Morlan Tameka Babulal, a/k/a �... More...

United Sates of America v. David Gentile

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a multi-year scheme to defraud more than 10,000 investors by misrepresenting the performance of three GPB Capital private equity funds and the source of funds used to make monthly distribution payments to investors. Reported by ... More...

United States of America v. R. Keneth (Ken) Leach, II

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with: 5:80B.F DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY COMMISSION (INVESTMENT ADVISER FRAUD) (1) 18:1505.F OBSTRUCTION OF PROCEEDING BEFORE DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES (1s) 15:78J.F MANIPULATIVE AND DECEPTIVE DEVICES (SECURITIES FRAUD) (2) 7:13A.F & 60.F EMBEZZLEMENT OR LARCENY, EMPLOYEES OF U.S. GOVERNMENT (COMMODI... More...

United States of America v. Jianquing Li, a/k/a "JQ"

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan “Jianqing Li allegedly turned confidential information into more than $350,000 in illegal trading profits,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “Insider ... More...

United States of America v. Jordan Trought

White Plainss, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan From at least 2015 through at least 2025, Jordan Trouoght and others engaged in a fraud scheme perpetrated against elderly victims (the “El... More...

United States of America v. Israel Enden

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bea... More...

United States of America v. Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Daniel Sikkema, aka Daniel Garcia Carrera hired a hitman in Brazil to kill his huband, paying him $9,000. Amid contentious divorce proceedings with his then-husband, Daniel Sikkema used a burner phone line to callously order the killing of h... More...

State of New York v. Raymond A. Brinson

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Official Misconduct (Class A misdemeanor). Reported by Kent Morlan In April 2025, the Erie County Clerk’s Office received a letter from the New York State Police to report that their Albany Office had received coupons for four firearms registered to a resident in Erie County who did not have a record of a pi... More...

United States of America v. Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with violating the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Cornelius Shannon and Arturo Hernandez with violations of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which was enacted one year ago and prohibits the nonconsensual publication of AI-generated digital forgeries (deepfake) pornography. Shannon and Hernandez allegedly post... More...

Kim Sue Brown v. State of New York

Albany, New York, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover damages for having been repeated raped while incarcerated. Reported by Kent Morlan Kim Sue Brown sued the State of New York seeking damages under the Asult Survivors Act seeking damages for alleged rape and sexual assault inflicted upon her while she was incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility betwee... More...

United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D... More...

United States of America v. Peter Gerace

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, drug trafficking and defrauding the United States, along with witness tampering, maintaining a drug involved premises and bribing a public official. Reported by Kent Morlan Between 2005, and 2019, Peter Gerace, Jr., owned and operated Pharaoh's Gentlemen's Club. While do... More...

United States of America v. Bronx resident Lu Jianwang aka Harry Lu

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of China and obstruction of justice. Reported by Kent Morlan Lu Jianwang, aka "Harry Lu," age 64, of Brooklyn, New York, used a police station in New York City to target PRC dissidents in furtherance of the Chinese government’s political agenda. May today’s verdict send a me... More...