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United States of America v. William Stanley and Heather Morrow
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with assaulting, reisting, opposing, imeding, intimidating and interfering with persons performing official duties in violation of 18 111. Reported by: Kent Morlan On November 16, 2025, Heather Morr... More...
(09-10-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Cameron Curry
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication with intent to extort, and causing an act to be done and aiding and abetting the same in violation for 18 U.S.C. 875(d) and 2. Reported by: Kent Morlan Cameron Curry, 27, w... More...
(08-14-2026 - nc)United States of America v. Terry Detroit Page
Charlotte North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine. Digested by Kent Morlan Law enforcement initiated an investigation into Terry Detroit Page, 54, of Pineville, N.C., for drug trafficking in and around Charlotte. Using... More...
(07-21-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Kenta Montrice Wright
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methampletamine.... More...
(04-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Andre Whitehurst
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of mail by a postal employee and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. From April 2022 to September 2024, Andre Whitehurst, 34, of Charlotte, conspired with Rashad Lowery, Aaron Grice, and others to execute a bank fraud scheme involving stolen mail. Whitehurst used his position as a U.S. Postal Service cl... More...
(03-24-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a “Piranha,” “Machete,” and “Insoportable” and Santos Guillermo Ramirez Mancia, a/k/a “Azazel,” “Timido,” and “Johnny”
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant's charged with conspiracy to conduct affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activities. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a “Piranha,” “Machete,” and “Insoportable,” 27, of El Salvador, was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to re... More...
(02-24-2026 - NC)U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.
Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif... More...
(02-14-2026 - NC)United States of America v. Wynn A.D. Charlebois
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses. from 2015 to 2022, Charlebois used companies he owned and controlled, including WC Private, Wilcox Hybrid, Damon Investments, and others, to perpetrate a multi-million-dollar fraudulent investment scheme. Charlebois used his past emplo... More...
(01-14-2026 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Jacob Zazeski
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill serious injury and injury to personal property. The Defendant shot a man three times in a road rage incident.... More...
(12-16-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Lorenzo Thomas Inman, Jr.
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder, assault on a female, and misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Lorenzo Thomas Inman, Jr. accused for killing Frezja Baker, 31.... More...
(12-14-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Gesanu Timothy Xiong
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm ... More...
(10-14-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Alvaro Luis Ozuna Sierra
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degreemurder. Alvaro Luis Ozuna Sierra was accused of killing 54-year-old Anilkumar Patel and Pankaj Patel near the former Lamplighter Inn on Eddleman Road. The shooting happened near the now-closed Lamplighter Inn, which was previously set to be used as transitional housing. ... More...
(10-04-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Dayshawn Beckham
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Dayshawn Beckham, age 29, was accused of shooting and killing Zemita Graham, age 29.... More...
(10-03-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Galeb Tharon Jefferson
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1); conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(D); discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking cr... More...
(10-03-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Jarrod Crawford
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with h felony secret peeping. Jarrod Crawford, 40, was arrested and later admitted to CMPD detectives that he set up the phone to record a client without her knowledge at a Charlotte spa.... More...
(09-23-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Decarlos Brown
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer is representomg the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Decarlos Brown is facing first-degree murder in connection with the killing of Iryna Zarutska on Aug. 22. It happened around 10 p.m. near the light rail station along Camden Road, where East Boulevard and West Boulevard meet in South End. ... More...
(09-05-2025 - NC)State of North Carolina v. Hallie Ingram
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Hallie Ingram, age 35, told police that she gave the baby a bottle that morning, put her in a pack-and-play, and then laid down for an hour nap. The affidavit said that when Ingram woke up, she found the baby unresponsive. ... More...
(09-04-2025 - nc)United States of America v. Jeconiah Amariee Davidson
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). ... More...
(09-03-2025 - NC)Malcolm Wiener v. AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Charlotte, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith beach of insurance contract theory. Malcolm Wiener purchased $16 million in permanent life insurance 1 from AXA Equitable Life Insurance in the 1980s. All was uneventful until 2013, when Wiener failed to pay premiums on time and his policy lapsed. 2 Seeking to reinstate his policy, he... More...
(09-03-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Edin Anael Solis_Rodriguez
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5). Solis-Rodriguez grew up in Honduras. Having unlawfully entered the United States, he was deported in 2018. He then reentered—again unlawfully. In August 2020, Solis-Rodriguez entered a Charlotte, Nort... More...
(07-23-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Christian Cabera-Rivas, k/a Christian Cabrera-Rivas, a/k/a Christian Alberto Lopez
Charlette,North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiring to possess and distributeover fifty grams of methamphetamine and one count of possessing over fifty grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Cabrera-Rivas grew up in Honduras. His formal schooling ended in third grade; he started working at age seven. He likely has a learning d... More...
(07-11-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Patrick Hilkah McManus
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. The Government bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a defendant possessed a firearm in connection with another felony offense. See United States v. Kobito, 994 F.3d 696, 701 (4th Cir. 2021). "This burden simply require the trier of fact... More...
(07-11-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Jaream Stephens, Davon Omarion Long
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence Armed Carjackers Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison ... More...
(07-10-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Demario Antione Morrow
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition.... More...
(06-24-2025 - NC)United States of America v. Donta Montrice Olvier
Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant sentenced following the revocation of his supervised release. Donta Montrice Oliver appeals the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release, claiming that his sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the district court failed to explain its reasons for imposing a term of sup... More...
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