Delaware Announces Settlement to Reform Debt Buying and Collection Practices
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Attorney General Matt Denn announced today that Delaware joined 41 other states and the District of Columbia in reaching a settlement regarding debt collection practices with Encore Capital Group Inc. and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC, one of the nation’s largest debt buyers. Debt buying involves buying and selling overdue […]
Gang Member Gets Prison Sentence for Murder
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 30, 2018
Other defendants face prison time on robbery, weapons, rape and drug dealing charges A gang-related shooting in 2015 that left a 17-year-old dead resulted in a 20 year sentence for the shooter. Alexander Fitzgerald, 22, of Wilmington, a member of the Touch Money Gang (TMG), received his sentence from a Superior Court judge. In February […]
Prison Sentences for Women In Two Murder Cases
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Shooting and daycare assault cases also lead to prison time The woman who lured a 21-year-old Dover man into what was supposed to be a robbery has pled guilty to her role in his murder. Lisa Wagaman, 31, of Dover, pled guilty to Murder Second Degree and Conspiracy Second Degree for the 2017 killing of […]
9 Years In Prison for Heroin and Oxycodone Drug Dealer
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018
Other defendants face prison time on murder and manslaughter charges A Wilmington drug dealer who laced heroin with fentanyl and oxycodone received a prison sentence for his conviction on drug charges earlier this year. Deputy Attorney General Monil Amin secured the guilty conviction and sentence for 29-year-old Sidierra Bailey. In November 2017, Detective Jeffrey Silvers […]
Guilty Pleas on Dover Motel Murder
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 9, 2018
Guilty Pleas on Dover Motel Murder Store robberies, rape, hospital embezzlement, health care fraud cases also resolved Darren Weiford, a 23-year-old Dover man, pled guilty to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony for shooting and killing a woman last year. Weiford, a 23-year-old Dover man, shot […]
