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United States of America v. Kennard Cameron
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children. Kennard Cameron, 40, of Chicago, recruited and enticed a 15-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts in a motel in Lansing, Ill., in 2023. Cameron had photographed the girl wearing lingerie and in the nude and then posted the photos online in commercial sex advertisements. After Cameron arranged for encounters with individuals who responded to the ads, he and a co-conspirator req
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Pezhman Gilani Yahyavi and Mahmood Bashang
Wheaton, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Pezhman Gilani Yahyavi, 46, and Mahmood Bashang, 30, were each charged one count of disorderly conduct, falsely reporting a crime. Bashang allegedly told the dispatcher the two were jewelry vendors returning from a show in Rosemont when three armed offenders robbed them of between $1.5 million and $2 million worth of mostly 14-karat gold jewelry.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shawn Christopher Powell
Council Bluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. Shawn Christopher Powell, 52, communicated with a person he believed was a 13-year-old female between May and August 2025. Powell sent messages about wanting to engage in sex acts with the minor. In August 2025, Powell traveled from Tennessee to Iowa with the intent to meet up with the minor to engage in sex acts, and had condoms, sex toys, prescription pills, and children’s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Jared St. Pierre
Benton, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Law enforcement officers responded to a report of sexual assault in July 2024 when the mother of a 13-year-old minor discovered a video on the minor’s cell phone of the minor engaging in sexual acts with St. Pierre. “Thanks to the dedication of HSI agents, this predator has been removed from the community and is unable to victimize any more minors while allowing the sur
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Nelson
Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly possessingly a destructive device, not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, in violation if 26 U.S.C. Sections 5841, 5861(d), and 5871. The government played the body camera of the Iroquois County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Office detective who encountered Nelson during a routine traffic stop. Although the detective advised Nelson that he had a warrant for his arrest o
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Rene Garcia
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Rene Garcia was accused for shooting on I-90 in a road rage event.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shondra McLarty
Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling more than $34,000 from a club. Shondra McLarty, age 55, , of Rockton, Ill., admitted in a plea agreement that she embezzled and stole money from the Tumbling and Acro Boosters Club (“TAB”) from 2023 to 2024 while she served as Treasurer. McLarty fraudulently used TAB’s business debit card and fraudulently caused TAB to issue business checks, which she used for personal expenses and not for any l
View Verdictthe People of the State of Illinois v. Alfred Roland Walker
Bloomington, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with home invasion (720 ILCS 5/19-6(a)(3) (West 2016)), armed robbery (id. § 18-2(a)(2)), aggravated battery with a firearm (id. § 12-3.05(e)(1)), and aggravated discharge of a firearm (id. § 24-1.2(a)(2)).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Roberto Nicolas-Simon
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry into the United States after removal and failure to update sex offender registration. Roberto Nicolas-Simon, 24, was unlawfully present in the United States when he was convicted of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse in Champaign County. He acknowledged his registration obligation as a sex offender before being removed from the United States to Guatemala in 2021. Sometime in 2024, he illegally reent
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Donte Hughes
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbing a United States Postal Service letter carrier. DONTE HUGHES and another individual approached the carrier from behind as she was delivering mail. The other individual wrapped both arms around the carrier, preventing her from moving, while Hughes reached into the carrier’s pocket and demanded property. The victim complied with the demand and turned over official USPS property. Hughes and the other in
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Sahran Almasri
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated identity theft for a victim over 60. Sahran Almasri, 37, accused for charging more than $9,000 on stolen credit cards.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with health care fraud and money laundering. In 2023 and 2024, BURHAN MIRZA and KASHIF IQBAL, along with several co-schemers, used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private healthcare benefit programs for items and services that were not provided, the indictment states. Mirza, a Pakistani native who resided in Pakistan, obtained the identi
View VerdictState of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in an online chart with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker accused of making an indecent solicitation of a child and grooming.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Mugshots of Kozzie Williams, Makai Allison, Malik Allison
Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with shooting a police officer. Mugshots of Kozzie Williams, Makai Allison, Malik Allison are accused of shooting a police officer.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Adam Beckerink
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Adam Beckerink accused of killing of his wife, 36-year-old Caitlin Tracey, whose body was discovered at the bottom of a stairwell in their South Loop condominium building in October 2024.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Lawrence Reed
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Lawrence Reed, allegedly set a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jeffrey A. Mullinix
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. A federal complaint charged Jeffrey A. Mullinix, 67, with one count of interstate communication with a threat to injure. “Violence and threats against law enforcement officers can never be tolerated, and those responsible will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney Ste
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Roberto Nicolas-Simon
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to update registration as a sex offender as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and being a removed alien illegally present in United States. The government presented evidence that Nicolas-Simon was unlawfully present in the United States when he was convicted of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse in Champaign County. He acknowledged his registration obligation as a sex of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Derwin Vazquez, Jr.
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by making false statements to purchase seven firearms. From 2020 to 2023, DERWIN VAZQUEZ, JR. conspired with his sister—JALISSA R. VAZQUEZ—to make false or fictious written statements to three licensed firearms dealers in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of the firearms. Vazquez Jr. often purchased firearms online but falsely used his sister�
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Sean Grayson
Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Sean Grayson, a former sheriff's deputy, was charged with manslaughter for shooint and killing Sonya Massey, 36, in her Springfield, Illinois home on in 2024.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Adam Stone
Chicago, Illinois, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wo counts of home invasion. Adam Stone, age 28, was accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriends house in 2022 to confront her .
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson, 31, accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with suspicion of engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker was taken into custody without incident and was booked into the Peoria County Jail.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jason Dawson
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Jason Dawson, 38, was setting fire to an insurance office building on East Delmar Avenue in Alton on Nov. 22, 2025. The complaint alleged Dawson was upset about the amount for a life insurance policy cashout after a meeting with employees on Nov. 21 and returned to the office the following day to set the building on fire. “The ATF has a responsibility to protect our communities. We also h
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Antoine Larry
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with commerce by threat or violence. Antoine Larry was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he conspired with another officer to corruptly solicit cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic stops in exchange for reducing, dropping, or declining to press charges or allowing the vehicles to
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Andres Morales Gonzalez
n January 21, 2026, the Mount Prospect Police Department charged Andres Morales Gonzalez, 35 years old, no permanent address, with one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, one felony count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, one felony count of Aggravated Battery Involving Strangulation, and one felony count of Unlawful Restraint. These charges stem from an incident that occurred on January 17, 2026, in the 100 block of North Main Street (Route 83). On January 17, 2026, at app
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and murder-for-hire. Juan Espinoza Martinez had sent private messages on Snapchat that included pictures of Trump Administration Homeland Security official Gregory Bovino and a series of threatening comments, including “10K if you can take him down.” The defendant's lawyers argued that the prosecution had failed to produce any evidence that Mr. Espinoza Martinez
View VerdictState of Illinois v. James L. Parker
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a child by engaging in an online chat with a child and planning to meet for sexual purposes. James L. Parker, age 56, accused to child enticement.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Montel Harkins
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Montel Harkins of East St. Louis faces charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery Kaleb Davis of Cape Girardeau who was shot to death.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Traveon H. Reese
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Traveon H. Reese, 31, of Atlanta, Georgia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. “This conspiracy victimized numerous hardworking people across central and southern Illinois by trying to cash bogus checks belonging to legitimate businesses at local financial institutions,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher William Crawford
Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. 21:841A=CD.F CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE On or about 9/5/24 and 9/9/24 in Peoria County in the CDIL, Dft knowingly and intentionally distributed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), a Schedule II controlled substance. In violation of 21 U.S.C. Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A). (1)
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edmund Singleton
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with motor vehicle theft carjacking. EDMUND SINGLETON and two co-defendants conspired to commit the carjackings on a single night in November 2022. In the first carjacking, Singleton drove the trio in a stolen car to a gas station in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, where the co-defendants violently took an Infiniti Q50 sedan from a driver who was pumping gas. One of the co-defendants jammed a gun so hard into
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Antonio Stigler
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Antonio Stigler, age 32, is accused of murdering a pregnant woman.
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Lashawn Ranking
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant changed with second-degree burglary. Lashawn Rankine accused for moving into a vacant house on the market for sale.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rogello Ibarra
Rockford, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.
View VerdictStephanie Mackey v. Chemtool, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a property damage claims. This case was filed in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Winnebago Cty., IL, 2021-L-0000165 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shawn A. Barmore
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ana M. Hernandez
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged assault for throwing incendiary device onto her neighbors’ porch. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was injured. Hernandez admitted in a plea agreement that she threw the device onto the por
View VerdictState of Illinois v. Joel Quintero Cristian
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Officers were dispatched to 9600-block of S. Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood and when they arrived they found a 27-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds was dead. Joel Quintero Cristian, 29, was taken into police custody shortly after the shooting.
View VerdictTanya N. Svoboda and Antonella M. Ortiz Colosi v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Services, LLC
Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2021CH04516 Tanya Svoboda and Antonella Ortiz Colosi used a Virtual Try-On feature through Amazon’s mobile site and app to virtually test facial products like lip-stick and eyewear.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Annazette Collins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements and willful failure to file return information. After a career in the Illinois state legislature, Annazette Collins began evading tax liability.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alvin Beasley
Urban, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he purchase about nine-teen grams of methamphetamine. The detectives then watched Anderson walk to a c
View VerdictRyan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a notice of final determination of liability. Id. § 9-100-100. If a vehicle owner accumulates three or
View VerdictRamona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from acting on the deadline, the letter amounted to a threat intended to panic her into prompt payment. A
View VerdictCheryl Lane, et al. v. Stericycle
Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Equal Pay Act violation theories Stericycle sells waste-disposal services to healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. Its sales department includes two divisions: a national division, serving corporate entities including pharmacies; and a hospital division, serving hospitals and integrated delivery networks. Stericycle classifies employees’ positions within both divisions using “paygrades.” The
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Carpenter
Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and activities relating to child pornography. Carpenter exchanged online messages with an undercover federal agent posing as the father of an eight-year-old girl. Carpenter requested sexually explicit photographs and videos of the daughter. He also advised the “father” on what medication to give his daughter to make her sleep and to facilitate the photography. Later, Carpenter
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Edward L. Stief
East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of unlawful monetary transactions in criminal derived property. Edward L. Stief, Jr., age 42, met the victim in May 2023 after becoming acquainted with him while offering lawn care and landscaping services. Shortly thereafter, Stief used several misrepresentations to convince the victim to appoint him as his Financial and Healthcare Power of
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Alfredo Rollins
Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.
View VerdictShrella Benton v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. AI Overview Common FCRA Violations & Penalties | Stein Saks, PLLC Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations involve credit bureaus (CRAs) or data furnishers messing up your credit report (like wrong balances, late payments, mixed files), not fixing disputes, reporting outdated negative info (over 7 yrs/10 yrs for bankruptcy), unauthorized access to your file, or no
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