Legal News for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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United States of America v. Luis Rosa-Hernandez
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing and manufacturing firearms without a license and possess machine guns.... More...
(03-03-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Santamaria-Cortes
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. Alberto Alberto Santamaria-Cortes, age 47, a Mexican national who was residing in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, illegally reentered the United States sometime after he had been deported in July 2014. Santamaria-Cortes was found again in the United States after being arreste... More...
(02-13-2026 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Randolf Simmons
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 35 total charges relating to trafficking, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related offenses. Randolf Simmons, 46, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, accused for drug and human trafficking.... More...
(02-12-2026 - PA)United States of America v. Francisco Baez
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.... More...
(01-22-2026 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Yaqub Yousef Nassir
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Yaqub Yousef Nassir, charged with assault and battery for attacking a doctor and police officers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. A magisterial district judge approved eight charges: four felony aggravated assault and four misdemeanor simple assault.... More...
(01-02-2026 - PA)United States of America v. William Kuduk
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and hiring gunmen to protect his illegal activities and unemployment wire fraud. William Kuduk, age 38, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was found responsible for trafficking over 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of marijuana from his used car dealership. He also trafficked over five kilograms o... More...
(12-23-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Mureerah Abdullah
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. From in or about April 2020 to in or about October 2020, Muneerah Abdullah, age 46, of Chester, Pennsylvania, filed fraudulent claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims for herself and other ineligible recipients, to include inmates. The PUA claims contained fraudulent answers to... More...
(12-19-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Javar Geter
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Javar Geter, 32, as the shooter in two incidents.... More...
(12-13-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Dommonick T. Chatman
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of bank fraud in connection with numerous fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications that were filed, with his knowledge and approval, through his business, The Chatman Group, LLC. Dommonick T. Chatman, age 50, admitted that over the course of several months in 2021, he either ... More...
(12-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Isaiah Hall
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated assault. On Saturday November 15th, at about 2:00am, the Harrisburg Police responded to the 200 block of North 2nd Street for a report of an assault. Upon the arrival of officers, they located an adult male and adult female assault victim. The male victim, who was unconscious at the scene, w... More...
(11-22-2025 - PA)United States of America .v Antonio Bishop
Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide contraband of an inmate. Antonio Bishop was convicted of both attempting to provide contraband to a federal inmate and attempting to obtain contraband by a federal inmate. On appeal, he argues that the District Court committed reversible error by not granting a mistrial when the pr... More...
(11-20-2025 - PA)United States of America v. David Dupree
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). In 2009, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dupree was convicted of armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit robbery. The District Court... More...
(11-19-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Damon Todd Carey
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance (drugs). In 2023, Carey filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis. In that petition, Carey again argued that he was entitled to relief because the District Court lacked jurisdiction to convict him on Count II as he was a juvenile during dates listed i... More...
(11-14-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Lee Sokalsky
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking modification or vacation of his sentence. To claim ineffective assistance of counsel, Sokalsky must satisfy the two-prong test set forth by the Supreme Court in Strickland v. Washington.2 First, Sokalsky must "show that [the] counsel's performance was deficient[,]†and second, "that the deficient per... More...
(11-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Javar Geter
Harrisberg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer will represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Javar Geter, age 32, was accused for two shootings in Harrisburg on Monday evening are connected, according to Harrisburg police.... More...
(11-13-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Taven Jaquin Glasgow
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking review of the revocation of hsi probation. In or around 2010, Glasgow sexually abused his two minor half-brothers. The victims reported the abuse in 2012. The Commonwealth charged Glasgow with two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact or communication with a minor, incest,... More...
(11-03-2025 - PA)Rocky L. Freeman v. Unit Manager J. Lincalis, et al.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim. Rocky Freeman was tried for two murders but was acquitted of one. His presentence report mistakenly stated that he had committed both murders. A judge ordered that the mistake be corrected. It was not. Eighteen years later, Freeman learned of this error. He sued, alleging that he... More...
(11-03-2025 - PA)Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Cody Balmer
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aarson. Cody Balmer was accused for setting firm to the Pennsylvania governor's mansion.... More...
(10-14-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Troy Lamont Rishell
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Member of U.S. House of Representatives York County Man Charged for Threatening Member of U.S. House of Representatives ... More...
(09-12-2025 - PA)Juliet Jones v. Metro One Loss Prevention Services Group, Inc.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination (sex) theory.... More...
$1 (08-29-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Leonardo Mendoza-Zavala
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of an alien.... More...
(08-29-2025 - PA)Susan Lee Delea v. Social Security Administration
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania social security disability lawyer represented Petitioner seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application of Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.... More...
(08-21-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Torey Dobbin
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a career offender after being convicted of robbing a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and burglary. ... More...
(08-12-2025 - PA)Adam Urda v. Jeffrey Sokso
Scranton, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued civil rights violation theory. One Saturday afternoon, LaRae Bowen had some friends over, including her coworker Urda. The group headed down to a lake and tried to start a bonfire. But the wood was still wet from some rain and would not catch. Then one partygoer had an idea: He went to his truck and got a qu... More...
(07-22-2025 - PA)United States of America v. Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Qui Tam fraud. Between September 1, 2018, and April 7, 2025, ECOP submitted claims to Medicare Part B for E&M services on the same date of service for beneficiaries receiving bilateral eye injections in violation of the applicable Medicare rules and regulations. "The United States Attorney's ... More...
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