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State of North Carolina v. Mikah Brondyke
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sex crimes against children. Former Wake County school teacher and youth pastor accused of committing sex crimes against children.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Fredy Mauricio Buruca, a/k/a âPiranha,â âMachete,â and âInsoportableâ and Santos Guillermo Ramirez Mancia, a/k/a âAzazel,â âTimido,â and âJohnnyâ
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 âPiranha,â âMachete,â and âInsoportable,â 27, of El Salvador, was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender. Buruca pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy and kidnapping a minor. Santos Gu
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rodney Jamine Moore, Jr.
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. On April 29, 2024, just before noon, a man, later identified as Rodney Jamine Moore, Jr., age 60 of High Point, North Carolina, was reported to be randomly firing a gun outside of High Point Housing Authorityâs Astor Dowdy Tower. High Point Police Department officers responded and detained Moore who was found holding a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun. Officers noted that Moore
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eugene Montale Jenkins
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and ANPP, an a quality of marijuana. Eugene Montale Jenkins, age 36, was a known drug dealer In Edgecombe County who had sold fentanyl, marijuana, cocaine, and crack in from his trap house for a while. In March 2023, Edgecombe County Sheriffâs Office (ECSO) launched an investigation into Jenkins
View VerdictUnited States of America v. David Ryan Winters
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyber-stalking, harassing, and threatening gay men on line int the Raleigh-Durham area. David Ryan Winters, age 40, became enraged at the gay community in Raleigh-Durham for perceived slights. Starting around 2016, Winters began stalking gay men online and in person, including by showing up at victimsâ homes and sending them pictures of their residences. Winters would discover victimsâ personal informa
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Augustine Perez Deanna Coleman
Winston--Salem, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Federal probation officers conducted warrantless searches of two residences based on their supervision of Augustine Perez, a federal supervisee subject to warrantless search conditions. Officers first searched Perezâs reported residence and then searched a separate home, owned by Perez and occupied by Deanna Coleman, based on the officersâ belief that Perez resided there as w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company Aâs stores and retaining real estate appraisers and other professionals to evaluate tax assessments on company stores. Businesses that provide
View VerdictU.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 uniforms, violated the False Claims Act by falsifying test results regarding the application of permethr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered âNoâ to the following questions âWere you EVER involved in any way with any of the following:âŚ[f]orcing or trying to force someone to
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Aviel Gonzalez-Ruiz
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of deported alien and with unlawful transport of a firearm.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Jeraldine Agnes Geldner, 73, worked as a contracted bookkeeper for three small businesses. As part of her duties, Geldner was responsible for handling the businessesâ accounts payable, payroll, and filing of tax returns. From 2019 through 2024, Geldner engaged in a scheme to defraud and embezzle from the businesses, by making unauthorized wire transfers from the companiesâ bank accounts
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl and cocaine while armed and with the intent to distribute the drugs, and felon in possession of a firearm. On July 13, 2023, military police found Muwsay Ibn Ibrahim Tulu, of Fayetteville, passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the middle of the road on Fort Bragg with drugs and a loaded ghost gun with an extended magazine at his feet. Months later, agents executed a sea
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Austin Thompson
Raleigh, North, Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of murder in the first-degree. Austin Thompson, age 15, of Raleigh accused of shooting six people, killing five of them in October 2022.
View VerdictUnited 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 employment at a reputable hedge fund to con his victims into trusting him with their hard-earned savings,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank embezzlement. Sarah Wilson, aka Sarah Cannoy, age 28, pleaded guilty on August 4, 2025, to three counts of embezzlement by a bank employee. Wilson was a teller at the Pilot Mountain branch of First Citizens Bank when, from December 2023 through May 2024, she stole $150,450 in cash from her teller drawer. To hide her theft, she entered numerous fraudulent transactions into the Bankâs computer
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jonathan Tadeo-Neri,
Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyers James B. Polk represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute a quantity of meth. An investigation began in January 2023, when a confidential source contacted DEA agents regarding a methamphetamine dealer in the Raleigh area. DEA identified the drug dealer as Jonathan Tadeo-Neri, a 31-year-old Mexican alien, and conducted a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from him. On January 9, 2023, Tadeo-Neri agreed to s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr.
New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers Kelly Dagger and Paul Sun represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After officers arrested Shawn Tobin Locklear, Jr., age 20, for armed robbery while using a gun, a state court judge released him in March 2022. A few months later in November 2022, while Locklear roamed free on bond despite his first gun crime, Robeson County Sheriff Deputies arrested him for murder and robb
View VerdictUnited States of America v. William Justin Lewis
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with distribution of child pornography. Undercover agents with the FBI investigated online distributors and traders of CSAM when agents located a chat room where a user, later identified as William Justin Lewis, age 55, uploaded numerous disturbing images and videos of CSAM. Agents traced the IP address back to the Louisburg residence where Lewis lived. The FBI, with the assistance of the Frankli
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jovonnte Lamhn Patterson v. Jermal Zamont Moye
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with felony possession of a firearms. On April 11, 2024, at approximately 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of someone suffering from a gunshot wound in the vicinity of Fayetteville Street and Linwood Avenue. When officers arrived, they did not see anyone suffering from a gunshot wound; however, they observed blood splatter on the ground and parking lot of the Eagle Food Mart and recovered approxim
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joshua Sterling McClain
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possess with intent to distribute forty (40) grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Investigators began surveilling Joshua Stereling McClain, age 31, in January 2024 after observing suspe
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Scott Anthony Lewis
Wilmington, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). the Department of Homeland Security and the Brunswick County Sheriffâs Office investigated Scott Anthony Lewis, 65. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a Cyber Tip from Dropbox, reporting that one of its users had uploaded child sexual abuse material to their platform. Law enforcement traced the IP address from that Dro
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Charles Lamont Gregory, III
New Bern, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Charles Lamont Gregory, III, age 36, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, was driving a car with expired tags in the early morning hours of August 7, 2022. An Elizabeth City Police Officer on patrol spotted the car and stopped it. Gregory delayed stopping, making several turns, the last
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell
Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. A.I. Google: North Carolina first-degree murder is the most serious homicide charge (a Class A felony), defined under G.S. § 14-17(a) as any killing that is willful, deliberate, and premeditated. A conviction results in a mandatory sentence of either life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. A killing is considered first-degree murder if it occu
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gordon Ray Jones, Jr.
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation of supervised release.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marcus Jermaine McDaniel, a/k/a Pootie, a/k/a Knows
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a proceeding to revoke in supervised release.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Byron Clay Scott
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of interference with commerce by robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).
View VerdictState 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.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christian Sturdivant
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Christian Sturdivant, of Mint Hill, allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Yearâs Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. The criminal complaint against Christian Wolfe DANIELS alleges two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce on November 17, 2025, in violation of Title 1
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kenneth Orlin Simmons
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. In July 2022, Kenneth Orlin Simmons, Jr., age 36, sold over a kilogram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Nash County. The Nash County Sherriffâs Office along with the DEA later obtained a search warrant for Simmons residence. During that search, law enforcement seized 10 kilograms of methamphetamine, nearly 1,000 grams of marijuana, a stolen
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Yolanda Baker
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Yolanda Baker, age 51, defauded the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (NCDES) by submitting false pandemic unemployment benefits (UI) applications intended for more than $365,000 in federal benefits. From in or about May 2020 to June 2021, Yolanda Baker carried out a scheme to defraud NCDES UI program by submitting sixty-five fraudulent UI applications. Sh
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Cheyenne D. Woods
Lumberton, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged withf first-degree murder, discharging a weapon into occupied property, robbery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping, and malicious conduct of a prisoner by throwing, emitting or projecting bodily fluids. <p><img width="300" src="https://www.oxygen
View VerdictState 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.
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Corey Thomas Powell
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Corey Thomas Powell, age 26, accused of shooting and killing Travis Thompson, age 31.
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Brayan Alvarez Ortiz, age 28, accused of sexually assaulting patients who were under sedation at a Raleigh hospital.
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Michael Loyde
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Michael Loyde, age 58, is accused of going to to a residence in the 600 block of Bladen Street, in Wilmington, and shot and killed his wife, Ebony Boyles.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Willie Lee Moore
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal money from a COVID-19 support program. Willie Lee More, a Montgomery County, North Carolina, Jamie Ewings, and Navonne Moore were associated with a not-for-profit community organization called Brutonville Concerned Citizens (âBCCâ). BCC was subcontracted to provide support services, including the delivery of healthy food boxes and CO
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. Christian Wolfe Daniels was charged with two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and one count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce on November 17, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shermeca McCrary
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud more than $100,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (âSNAPâ) benefits administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (âUSDAâ) and managed by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services (âDSSâ), pleaded guilty to theft of government property. Between January 2021 to January 2024, Shermeca McC
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Tieton Breshaun Burton
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Tieton Breshaun Burton, age 26, was accused for hooting and killing Surtonia Burton, age 51.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Myquan Taquil Houston
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), 846, and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tavaris Lamont Fowler
Greensboro, North Carolina,, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(8).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tramarth Grade, k/a Tremartie Grade
Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jessie Leroy Glass, Jr.
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession for child sexual abuse material. In late 2019, April Glass reported to law enforcement that Glass had âa massive amount of child porn saved on his phone.â J.A. 409. She provided the email address and suspected password for Glassâs Google Photos account, wherein he reportedly kept much of the CSAM. April added that she was married to Glass but had moved out of the house, expressing fear
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Timothy Michael Dever, a timothy-michael: de vere, a/k/a Timothy Michael Deaver
Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting interstate threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 875(c). To establish a violation of § 875(c), the government must prove â(1) the defendant knowingly communicate[d] a statement in interstate commerce that (2) contain[ed] a âtrue threatâ that is not protected by the First Amendment.â United States v. White, 810 F.3d 212, 219 (4th Cir. 2016). The gover
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Clark Arhtur
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully to teach âany personâ how to make or use âexplosive[s],â âdestructive device[s],â or âweapon[s] of mass destruction,â while âknowing that such person intends to use [that] teaching, demonstration, or information for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence.â (emphasis added).
View VerdictUnited States of America v Jessie Leroy Glass, Jr.
Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. In late 2019, April reported to law enforcement that Glass had âa massive amount of child porn saved on his phone.â J.A. 409. She provided the email address and suspected password for Glassâs Google Photos account, wherein he reportedly kept much of the CSAM. April added that she was married to Glass but had moved out of the house, expressing fear of
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Douglas Michael Stroupe
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Douglas Michael Stroupe was accused for killing 45-year-old Rose Garard who was stabbed to death.
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Benji Martin
Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Benji Martin is accused of shooting and killing a WakeMed police officer inside the Garner Healthplex. <br> <br>
View VerdictState of North Carolina v. Rishon Elias Weaver
Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with murder.<br> <br> Rishon Elias Weaver, age 19, was arrested and charged with killing 19-year-old North Carolina A&T freshman Kaneycha Turner.
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