Ohio Child Exploitation Law
 

United States of America v. Lee Allen Goudy

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing, possessing child sexual abuse material

Registered sex offender sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for again distributing, possessing child sexual abuse material

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State of West Virginia v. Duane Leroy Eckard


Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse.



On August 4, 2016, the Defendant entered an Alford/Kennedy plea to a charge of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust to a child.[2] He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years of imprisonment, fifty years of ... More...
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United States of America v. David John Frahm

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children

Butler County man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually exploiting infant, child



David John Frahm, 63, of Trenton, Ohi... More...
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In re: C.T.


Akron, Ohio family law lawyers represented the Defendant in a termination of parental rights case.



{¶2} Mother is the biological mother of C.T., born August 5, 2022. She also has an older child, B.T., who is not a subject of this appeal, although he was involved in a companion case below. C.T.'s paternity has been established but Father has not appealed the final dispo... More...
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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Jamie Keene


Pikeville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.


When the victim in this matter, A.C., was four years old, Keene married A.C.'s mother, Angel Keene (Angel). In November 2013, Keene was investigated for assaulting Angel, and Child Protective Services (CPS) began monitoring A.C. Shortly thereafter, A.C. was removed from the home of Keen... More...
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In Re A.D., a Minor


Cleveland, Ohio family law lawyers represented mother, father and grandmother of child.

"C.B., mother of AD. (d.o.b. 6/12/19) ('Mother'), appeals the trial court's judgment granting the complaint for visitation of K.D. by paternal grandmother ('Grandmother') and the trial court's grant of supervised visitation to J.D., father of AD. ('Father')..."

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Sara E. Sweet v. Jason M. Sweet


Toledo, Ohio divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a marriage dissolution action.


Plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce against Defendant on April 10, 2015, which Defendant contested and counterclaimed for divorce from Plaintiff. As journalized on May 19, 2016, the trial court granted each party a divorce from the other party. In the final decree of divorce, the ... More...
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State of Ohio v. Phillip C. Littlejohn


Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abduction and attempted felonious assault.



{¶ 2} This case stemmed from Littlejohn's criminal conduct against the mother of his child over several days in June 2022. Littlejohn and the victim were domestic partners off and on for ten years. The relationship was tumultuous, and Littlejohn had... More...
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United States of America v. Campbell W. Morgan


Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant chargdd with coercion and enticement of an minor and possession of child pornography.


18:2422(b) and 18:2427 - COERCION AND ENTICEMENT

(a) Any person who—
(1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign comm... More...
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Timothy A. Donaldson v. Lori A. Donaldson


Canton, Ohio divorce lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant in a marriage dissolution case.



{¶2} Husband and Wife were married in 1991. The parties have four biological children that are emancipated. T. May 12, 2023 at 15. The parties adopted two minor special needs children while living in New York. Id.

{¶3} Wife worked in the radiology departm... More...
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State of Ohio v. Dwight Joseph Elliott Ballard


Bowling Green, Ohio aggravated possession of drugs criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.



{¶ 2} On October 6, 2022, a grand jury indicted Ballard on one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, R.C. 2925.03, a first-degree felony, and one count of aggravated possession of drugs, R.C. 2925.11(A), a second-degree felony, both with forfeiture of money specifi... More...
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United States of America v. Terrael A. Alls

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking women

Columbus man sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking women



The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force first received a t... More...
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Yolanda Fernandez Botello v. Saul Mendez Gonzalez


Springfield, Ohio family law divorce lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant.



{¶ 2} On February 3, 2023, Botello filed a complaint for divorce. According to her complaint, Botello married Defendant-Appellee Saul Mendez Gonzalez in Springhill, Ohio, on August 16, 2004. Botello and Gonzalez separated in September 2006 after one child was born as issue of their ma... More...
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State of Ohio v. Tamara Barnes O'Toole


Troy, Ohio grand theft charged criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.



Tamara Barnes O'Toole, age 42, was charged with second-degree theft.

The state alleged that Defendant stole from elderly people property valued at more than $37,500 but less than $15,000.

Section 2913.02 provides:

(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner... More...
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State of Ohio v. Jonathan A. Leach


London, Ohio rape charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.




{¶ 2} On March 10, 2023, Leach was indicted on two counts of rape in violation
of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b), felonies of the first-degree. The Indictment alleged that the victim of the rape offenses, "Emma," was a child under ten years of age.[1]

{¶ 3} Leach had been dat... More...
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United States of America v. David Walker


Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Ohio Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Possession and Distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Materials

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United States of America v. Arturo Navarrete-Juarez


Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploiting minor via videos of rape

Columbus, Ohio man pleads guilty to exploiting minor via videos of rape



Between October 2021 and December 2022, Art... More...
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United States of America v. Devin Bailey


Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sextortion, child pornography crimes

Fairfield County man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for sextortion, child pornography crimes



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United States of America v. Shane Burdue

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Counterfeit Goods

Ohio Man Sentenced for Trafficking Counterfeit Goods



Shane Burdue, 46, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced to 14 months in prison... More...
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United States of America v. Lucas Russell Vanwoert

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer Charles O. Longstreet, II represented the Defendant charged with Animal Crushing Videos and Possession and Transportation of Child Sexual Abuse Materials
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United States of America v. Marcus Leon Davis

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing child pornography by documenting sexual abuse of children


Springfield man sentenced to 100 years in prison for creating, distributing child pornography by documenting sexual abuse of children ... More...
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United States of America v. Joshua Robert Flick

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer Sean Thomas Pharr represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography


Cincinnati Man Sentenced for Distribution of Child... More...
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United States of America v. Mark A. Green

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyers Alan John Pfeuffer and Garrison P. Carr represented the Defendant charged with recording sexually explicit videos of te... More...    $0 (05-14-2024 - OH)

United States of America v. Michael Earl Huey

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography


Hopkins County Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Distribution of Child Pornography


A Hanson, Ky., man, Michael Earl Huey, 66, was sentenced on Wednesday,... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Valentine

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dog fighting & drug distribution.




Michael Valentine, 40, of Bidwell, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of raising and training dogs for the purpose of fighting and five counts related to fentanyl distribution. He was sente... More...
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United States of America v. Michael Valentine

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dogfighting & drug distribution.




A Gallia County man was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty to dogfighting and fentanyl distribution. He will serve nine month... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Foley

Columbus, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant exploiting minors by taking ‘upskirt’ videos at school & in other public places



A former local high school teacher was sentenced to 240 months in prison for crimes related to secretly recording explicit videos of his students... More...
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United States of America v. Anthony Ortiz

Canton, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography



A Canton man was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for producing child pornography.

Anthony Ortiz, age 24, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced to 327 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Chri... More...
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United States of America v. Paul G. Fox

Cincinnati, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Jackson Woman Sentenced to Prison as Armed Career Criminal



Southern District of Ohio



Paul G. Fox, 48, of Franklin, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 144 months in prison ... More...
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United States of America v. Wesley Muchow


CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Defendant Wesley Muchow pled guilty to one
count of receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
conduct. After weighing the parties’ respective arguments at the sentencing hearing, the district
court sentenced Muchow at the very bottom of the proposed United States Sentencing Guidelines
range. We re... More...
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United States of America v. Wesley Muchow

In many respects, Wesley Muchow lived a life one could be proud of, and certainly not
one that would catch the eye of federal prosecutors. He graduated from high school, was
gainfully employed as a machine operator, and made a home in Bucyrus, a north central Ohio
community located along the historic Lincoln Highway. Muchow had a close bond with his
family, relying on their sup... More...
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United States of America v. Mason Shepherd

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Mason Shepherd admitted to possessing several
thousand images and videos of child pornography and pleaded guilty to one count of receipt and
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distribution of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). The district court sentenced
Shepherd to 96 months in prison and six years of supervised release and al... More...
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United States of America v. Ronald Bedford

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government’s
investigation into a child pornography website known as “Playpen.” Andrew Moorehead was
indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website.
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He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...
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United States of America v. Andrew Moorehead

This case is one of many that have arisen from the government’s
investigation into a child pornography website known as “Playpen.” Andrew Moorehead was
indicted for possession and receipt of child pornography based on his activity on the website.
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No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2
He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...
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United States of America v. Benjamin Adu Acheampong

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the victi... More...
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United States of America v. Kyle Brackman

Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.

This case came to the attention of law enforcement after a high school principal in Iowa contacted local police in 2017 after learning a 15-year-old student was communicating with Kyle Brackman, 29, of Delta, Ohio, and the messages were sexual in nature. It was later determined that B... More...
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United States of America v. Ronald Lee Jacobs

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession and use of a firearm.
Ronald Lee Jacobs, 46, was convicted of six counts of robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

The verdict was announced Monday afternoon following a trial that began on Aug. 7 before Ch... More...
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State of Ohio v. Ella M. Webb

Logan, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted child endangerment, etc.

Ella M. Webb, 62, was charged with four counts of child endangerment, three of them third-degree felonies and one a first-degree misdemeanor.

Webb was one of three individuals charged with caging a small child in a playpen.... More...
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Kody Austin Ketring v. City of Loveland, et al.

Cincinnati, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an excessive force theory.


Following a police investigation which resulted in a bite from a police dog, Plaintiff Kody Ketring brought this lawsuit against the City of Loveland and several police officers. The defendants removed the matter to federal court. (Doc. 1.) Following discovery, Defendants mov... More...
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United States of America v. Bernard Jakits

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation and pornography.

In January 2019, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office received information relating to two potential exploitation victims. Forensic examination of cell phones and other electronic devices revealed that Bernard Jakits, age 72,, of Annapolis, Maryland, had communicated via text mes... More...
   $0 (05-31-2023 - OH)

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