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  Archives:  April 2016

Prison Sentences for Murder, Home Invasion, Robbery Obtained By DOJ Prosecutors

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant convictions and sentences. Deputy Attorneys General Ipek Medford and Steve Wood secured two sentences of life without parole, plus five years for 28-year-old Dwight Smith of Wilmington, in connection to a 2011 rape and murder. In December 2011, 65-year-old Marsha Lee of Wilmington was reported […]




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating commercial crab boat accident

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police are investigating an accident in which a commercial crabbing vessel capsized after it was swamped by high waves in rough waters off Port Mahon east of Dover in the Delaware Bay.




EVENT POSTPONED–Post Cards of the Past” presentation at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on May 1, 2016

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016 event to be rescheduled.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 18-24

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,392 contacts with anglers, boaters, hunters and the general public between April 18-24, including 115 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.




2016 Arbor Day School Poster Contest winners

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Rain Vasey, a 5th-grader at Water Girl Farm Academy in Lincoln, is the winner of the 2016 Arbor Day School Poster Contest. The Delaware Forest Service sponsors the contest for Delaware schoolchildren in grades K to 5 for all public, private, home, and charter schools. The winners receive a tree planting at their school, a gift card, a tree-themed book, and an invitation for them and their family to attend the State Arbor Day event with Governor Markell on May 12






  Archives:  April 2016

Prison Sentences for Murder, Home Invasion, Robbery Obtained By DOJ Prosecutors

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant convictions and sentences. Deputy Attorneys General Ipek Medford and Steve Wood secured two sentences of life without parole, plus five years for 28-year-old Dwight Smith of Wilmington, in connection to a 2011 rape and murder. In December 2011, 65-year-old Marsha Lee of Wilmington was reported […]




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating commercial crab boat accident

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police are investigating an accident in which a commercial crabbing vessel capsized after it was swamped by high waves in rough waters off Port Mahon east of Dover in the Delaware Bay.




EVENT POSTPONED–Post Cards of the Past” presentation at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on May 1, 2016

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016 event to be rescheduled.




Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: April 18-24

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 1,392 contacts with anglers, boaters, hunters and the general public between April 18-24, including 115 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.




2016 Arbor Day School Poster Contest winners

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Rain Vasey, a 5th-grader at Water Girl Farm Academy in Lincoln, is the winner of the 2016 Arbor Day School Poster Contest. The Delaware Forest Service sponsors the contest for Delaware schoolchildren in grades K to 5 for all public, private, home, and charter schools. The winners receive a tree planting at their school, a gift card, a tree-themed book, and an invitation for them and their family to attend the State Arbor Day event with Governor Markell on May 12