Category Archives: Gary Gerson Cases
Criminal defense lawyer Gary Gerson represents student in federal court
Impersonating another person in order to take any type of entrance exam is a serious offense that may fall under the designation of federal crime. Pittsburgh criminal defense attorney Gary Gerson recently represented a person who was charged with such a crime. His client, like others who are accused of such crimes, are often misled… Read More »
Attorney Gerson has charges dropped against client accused of sharing child pornography
My client was a college student in Pittsburgh who engaged in a peer-to-peer (P2P), social network to share videos containing images of child pornography. Several Pennsylvania State Police troopers based in Indiana County utilized special software to track known child pornography on the internet, and during their investigation determined that the videos were downloaded to… Read More »
Attorney Gerson pleas various criminal charges down to disorderly conduct
My client was an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh at the time of his arrest when he became disoriented after apparently drinking beer laced with a hallucinogen while attending a fraternity party. He later walked through campus and into the Towers dormitory completely naked. When approached by campus security and police, my… Read More »
Attorney Gerson gets Bradford woman acquitted of drug charges
A McKean County jury acquitted a middle-aged Bradford woman charged with multiple deliveries of morphine pills, narcotics and opioids to confidential informants who were working with Office of the District Attorney. The client was charged with selling drugs to the confidential informants who were family “friends” during several “controlled felony buys.” The keys to the successful… Read More »
Attorney Gerson has sentence reduced for child pornography offender
My client, a young professional from Cambria County, was engaged in internet peer-to-peer file-sharing on a social media network and was the subject of online monitoring by a task force comprised of local, state, and federal agents. Based on the task force investigation, a search warrant was applied for and executed at my client’s residence, resulting… Read More »
Attorney Gerson has judge strike evidence in unlawful search and seizure in drug case
Last week, a judge in the Allegheny County Courts of Common Pleas granted a Motion to Suppress Physical Evidence, finding my client was unlawfully detained, resulting in an illegal search of his backpack and seizure of approximately ten pounds of marijuana as he departed from a Megabus in downtown Pittsburgh. City of Pittsburgh Police claimed they… Read More »
Attorney Gerson successfully negotiates plea deal for man arrested on drug charges
My client was arrested in Pittsburgh on drug charges of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substances. A drug charges task force in Allegheny County was notified that an individual from New York City had been detained as a result of drug interdiction activities at a bus station in Philadelphia, and arrested on… Read More »
Attorney Gerson gets mandatory drug charges sentence of 3-5 years reduced to 12 months probation
My client was an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh and was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Traffic in Controlled Substances, Delivery of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Clonazepam and Amphetamine, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. My client foolishly permitted a friend involved in drug trafficking to… Read More »
Attorney Gerson has client acquitted after wrongly convicted of rape
My client was acquitted on charges of rape and other felony sex offenses after a jury trial in Beaver County. The testimony at trial revealed that he and his live-in girlfriend maintained a lifestyle fueled by alcohol and an active, creative sex life that included bondage, sex toys, and videotaping their intimate moments. On the date… Read More »
Attorney Gerson has all charges dropped against rape suspect who was falsely accused
My client was a middle-aged man who was charged with raping a woman with whom he had a history of intimacy. According to police, the purported “victim” claimed she had invited my client to spend the evening at her mobile home and that he had forced her to engage in non-consensual sexual intercourse. Based solely on… Read More »
