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United States of America v. Clarissa Cheney; Kevin Gilmore; Tiara Henderson; Ladessa Battlel; Lynard Mitchell; Marcelys Jones

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud

Six Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud



Six people have pleaded guilty in a 33-count indictment ... More...    $0 (07-30-2024 - OH)

United States of America v. Sirous Asgari

In 2012, federal agents learned that Iranian scientist Sirous
Asgari was working on cutting-edge metallurgy research at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland, Ohio. The government suspected that Asgari had lied on his visa application and had
transmitted scientific information to Iran in violation of American sanctions laws. Investigators
applied for a warrant to searc... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson


A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN MADDUX, JR.; CHRISTINA CARMAN; JULIE COSCIA; MICHAEL E.SMITH

RE The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme
surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments
of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the
scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail
or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

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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No. 18-5216 United States v. Moorehead Page 2
He moved to suppress the evidence against him, arguing that it was obtained... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

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...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Aldridge Ricahrd

In 1985, petitioners-appellees, M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Dale Aldridge, were convicted of several counts of child sexual abuse and related offenses, and were each sentenced to life imprisonment. A full ten years later their convictions were vacated and a new trial was granted by the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to R.C. 2953.21. The state appeals... More...    $0 (03-14-1997 - OH)

THE STATE OF OHIO v. BRINKMAN

Columbus, OH - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a direct appeal in a capital case.



A. The Johns’ bodies are discovered
{¶ 3} The John family had known Brinkman for some time. According to
Gene’s son, Jason, the family met Brinkman a decade earlier when Brink... More...    $0 (07-31-2022 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JOSHUA VERDELL

Dayton, Ohio - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a appeals from his conviction to murder, felony murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence charges.



On December 29, 2016, the Montgomery County Grand Jury returned an
indictment charging Verdell with one count of murder,... More...    $0 (04-26-2022 - oh)

LISA ANN-HORVATH SULLIVAN v. BRENDAN E. SULLIVAN

Dayton, Ohio - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing the judgment entry overruling his objections to a magistrate’s decision.



The record reflects that Brendan and Lisa married in June 1999. They had
two children during the marriage, a daughter born in 2001 and ... More...    $0 (04-25-2022 - OH)

United States of America v. Lawrence Lawson

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy that fraudulently obtained COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.

“Mr. Lawson and his codefendants stole taxpayer dollars intended to help our neighbors and community members pay their bills and obtain basic necessities while the pandemic disrupted lives and caused many to lose their jobs o... More...    $0 (03-17-2022 - OH)

United States of America v. Prabhu Ramamoorthy

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a sexual abuse charge.



Ramamoorthy, an Indian citizen and H-1B visa holder living in the United States, took a
redeye flight leaving Las Vegas on January 2, 2018 and landing in Detroit in the early hours of
January 3. He sat between his wife... More...    $0 (12-07-2021 - OH)

CODY JONES v. CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO, et al.

Cleveland, Ohio - Civil Rights lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellee with a civil rights claim.



A small set of facts is undisputed. Officers Chalkley (often referred to as “Chalkey” in
court documents) and Weber received a call that a potentially intoxicated white male was eating
out of a dumpster located be... More...    $0 (12-06-2021 - OH)

Ernest Kirk, et al v. Calhoun County, MI, et al

Cincinnati, Ohio- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a assault with a dangerous weapon and resisting and obstructing a police officer charge.



On April 9, 2015, Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies Greg Gammons and Brandy
Edmonds were dispatched to a home in Pennfield Township to investigate a report of... More...    $0 (10-27-2021 - OH)

United States of America v. ADAM CHRISTOPHER COLLARD (19-2151); JOSEPH ALAN COLLARD (19-2153)

Cincinnati, Ohio- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with various charges related to possession of child pornography.



Defendants were indicted in 2018 on various child pornography-related charges stemming
from an FBI investigation based in the Eastern District of Virginia. In February and March of
201... More...    $0 (10-26-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - STEVEN B. DERIFIELD

Middletown, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Derifield with one count of having weapons while under disability and three counts of possession of drugs charges.



On July 11, 2019, Derifield was indicted by a Madison County Grand Jury for: Madison CA2020-01-002
(1) having weapons under disability in violatio... More...    $0 (06-26-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - JEFFREY A. HARTNADY

Middletown, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Jeffrey Hartnady with five counts of cruelty to animals charges.



The Clermont County Dog Warden, who is also a humane agent, began an
investigation after receiving a complaint that animals housed on Hartnady's property were
not being cared for properly. Specific... More...    $0 (06-25-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - VINCENT P. CARR

Middletown, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Vincent P. Carr with a trafficking in hashish charge.



On October 27, 2020, Carr, who is Caucasian, pled guilty to one count of
trafficking in hashish in violation of R.C. 2925.03(A)(1), a third-degree felony. The charge Butler CA2020-12-129
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included... More...    $0 (06-24-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio v. James D. Fife

Columbus, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented James D. Fife with two counts of felonious assault charges.



{¶ 2} By indictment filed April 9, 2018, plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, charged
Fife with two counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11, felonies of the second
degree, for knowingly ca... More...    $0 (06-22-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio/City of Bowling Green v. Charaya S. Watkins

Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Charaya S. Watkins with a operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs charge.



On February 23, 2020, Charaya Watkins drove to the State Highway Patrol
Post in Bowling Green, Ohio to pick up, M.S., a friend who had been arrested for
operating a v... More...    $0 (06-13-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Nikia Johnson

Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Nikia Johnson with one count of burglary,
and one count of petty theft charges.



Appellant was indicted on April 4, 2019, in a two count indictment, which
charged her with one count of burglary, as a felony of the second degree, and one count
of petty theft, as a m... More...    $0 (06-13-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio/City of Bowling Green v. Shawn M. Carnicom

Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Carnicom with a domestic violence temporary protection order (“TPO”).



Bowling Green Police Detective Doug Hartman was dispatched to the Wood
County Hospital on November 7, 2019, following a report of “potential child abuse.”
{¶ 3} The next morning, th... More...    $0 (06-10-2021 - OH)

State of Ohio v. Marcus L. M. Penn

Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Marcus Penn with a attempted murder charge.



{¶ 3} On February 11, 2019, appellant was indicted one count of attempted murder
in violation of R.C. 2903.02(A) and 2923.02(A), a felony of the first degree (Count 1);
one count of felonious assault in violation of R.C. ... More...    $0 (06-09-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO -vs- ALAN SCHUBERT

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Alan Schubert with aggravated vehicular homicide and six counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor charges.



{¶2} On June 20, 2018, Appellant was operating a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the
southbound lane of State Route 37 in Licking County at about 65-69 miles per hou... More...    $0 (06-10-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO -vs- ROSCOE HUNTER

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Roscoe D. Hunter with Count One: Felony Murder, Count Two: Aggravated Arson,[create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person], and Count Three: Aggravated Arson, [cause physical harm to any occupied structure] charges.



On July 29, 2019, Hunter was indicted b... More...    $0 (06-08-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. MARISSA E. KREISCHEE

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Marissa E. Kreischer with Count One of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer , and Count Two of assault charges.



Defendant-appellant, Marissa E. Kreischer (“Kreischer”), appeals the
August 12, 2020 judgment entry of sentence of the Van Wert Coun... More...    $0 (06-07-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. HANNAH R. VERTREES

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Hannah R. Vertrees with one count of contributing to unruliness or delinquency charge.



On March 2, 2020, Vertrees was charged by complaint with one count
of contributing to unruliness or delinquency in violation of R.C. 2921.24(A)(2), a
first-degree misdemeanor. (Doc. ... More...    $0 (06-06-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. MARQUAVIUS D. SHURELDS

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Marquavius Shurelds with two counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated robbery charges.



{¶2} On December 2, 2018, around 8:15 pm, D.W. was driving her vehicle
with her infant son inside to visit her son’s father, A.W., in order to pick up some Case No. 1-20-35 More...    $0 (06-06-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. RYAN ROLLISON

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Ryan Rollison with vehicular assault, and Count Two of failure to stop after an accident charges.



The unfortunate circumstances of this case arise out of a single-car
traffic accident that occurred on the evening of May 12, 2019 in Marion, Ohio
involving the pickup truc... More...    $0 (06-06-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. JAMES A. GIDEON

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented James. A. Gideon with a sexual imposition charge.




In that appeal, this court vacated Gideon’s sexual-imposition convictions and remanded the cases for a new
trial after we concluded that the trial court should have granted Gideon’s motions to
suppress evidence... More...    $0 (06-05-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. AMY LEWIS

Springfield, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented AMY LEWIS with nine counts of sexual conduct with a minor charges.



On August 16, 2019, an indictment was filed in the trial court charging Amy
and her husband, Michael, with a total of 24 crimes that occurred in connection with A.R.,
a minor child who was relate... More...    $0 (06-03-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. HAROLD WHITE

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Harold White with two counts of rape charges.



{¶3} A.R. and K.R. are half-sisters who share a mother, Ashley. At the time
of these offenses, A.R. was seven years old and K.R. was four years old. Ashley also
has a child with White’s stepson, Robert Hull (“Hul... More...    $0 (06-02-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. SAMANTHA DAVIS

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Samantha Davis with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide charges.



{¶2} While driving to work on August 6, 2016, Samantha Davis lost control
of her truck and crashed into a concrete barrier on the exit ramp from I-275 to I-71.
Davis was ejected from the tr... More...    $0 (06-02-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. ALAMIN MUHAMMADEL

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Alamin Muhammadel with appealing the judgment of the Hamilton County Municipal Court convicting him of assault



This appeal involves a prosecution for a misdemeanor assault that
commenced for speedy-trial purposes on October 17, 2017. On that day, Cincinnati
Police... More...    $0 (05-03-2021 - OH)

Bradd Creveling, et al. v. Lakepark Industries, Inc., et al.

Toledo, OH - Workers’ compensation retaliation attorney represented Bradd Creveling and Tracey Creveling with a claim for workers’ compensation retaliation.



{¶ 3} On September 12, 2018, appellants filed their complaint against appellees,
which included claims for workers’ compensation retaliation under R.C. 4123.9... More...    $0 (04-04-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO -vs- JACOB MILLER

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Jacob Miller with Felonious assault, Domestic violence and three Endangering children charges.



Deputy Brooke Yoder is an investigator with the Holmes County Sheriff’s
Department assigned to assist Children’s Services with child abuse complaints, child
neglect ... More...    $0 (04-01-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. BYRON R. HEMMING

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Byron R. Hemming with a sexual imposition charge.



{¶ 2} The State’s evidence at trial established the following facts.

{¶ 3} A.H. and her boyfriend, Sebastian Osborne, met when they were both
serving in the United States Army, and they began dating around t... More...    $0 (03-27-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. ALAMIN MUHAMMADEL

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Alamin Muhammadel with an assault charge.



This appeal involves a prosecution for a misdemeanor assault that
commenced for speedy-trial purposes on October 17, 2017. On that day, Cincinnati
Police Officer Alphonso Staples responded to the scene in the central busi... More...    $0 (03-24-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - DONTA LAMONT SANDERS

Middletown, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Donta Lamont Sanders with appealing the decision of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas denying his motion to suppress.



On April 9, 2012, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a
judgment entry sentencing Sanders to seven years in prison. This sentence... More...    $0 (02-03-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. CHRISTOPHER FORREST

Akron, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Forrest with filing a motion for a new trial.



In 2018, Forrest was named in a five-count, superseding indictment,
charging him with rape, attempted rape, importuning, gross sexual imposition, and
kidnapping with a sexual motivation specification.1 All coun... More...    $0 (01-29-2021 - OH)

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