Statement from Attorney General Jennings on Delmar attack
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Sunday, April 25, 2021
My heart is heavy tonight for three innocent victims: Cpl. Keith Heacook of the Delmar Police Department, who is being treated for grave injuries he suffered in an attack this morning, and an elderly couple who also suffered severe injuries at the hands of the same attacker. DOJ personnel have been onsite in Delmar since […]
AG Jennings Shuts Down Massive Charity Fraud Telefunding Operation
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Defendants placed more than 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls claiming to support veterans, children, firefighters The Delaware Department of Justice, along with the Federal Trade Commission and 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia, has stopped a massive telefunding operation that bombarded 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion deceptive charitable fundraising calls, […]
AG Jennings releases legislative priorities for 2021
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released Tuesday a legislative agenda outlining ten policy priorities that she will advocate to the 151st General Assembly in 2021. “I know what we’re capable of in 2021, because I know what we accomplished together in the last two years,” said Attorney General Jennings. “We’ve made real progress, from historic criminal […]
AG Jennings reaches opioid settlement with McKinsey & Company
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Thursday a $573 million multistate settlement with one of the world’s largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company’s role in helping opioid companies promote their drugs and profiting from the opioid epidemic. “These are the first damages Delaware’s recovered from the people responsible for the opioid […]
Lincoln man to serve life in prison for 2018 homicide
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 29, 2021
A Lincoln man has been sentenced for the 2018 murder of a 20-year-old. Ahmir Bailey, 22, was convicted in October 2019 of five felonies, including First Degree Murder, and two misdemeanors after an investigation linked him and a codefendant to the shooting death of Jameir Vann-Robinson, of Smyrna. In May 2018, Bailey and a co-defendant, […]
