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  Category: Department of Justice


Public Workshops Next Week On Grants for Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2016

The public is invited to three workshops next week to provide input on priorities for $3.7 million in grants aimed at preventing crime and revitalizing neighborhoods statewide. The grants will be administered by the Neighborhood Building Blocks Fund, which was created in 2014 to support crime reduction, neighborhood revitalization, and economic development programs statewide, including […]




DOJ Consumer Protection Unit Announces Outreach Effort to Delaware Residents Qualifying For Student Loan Forgiveness

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 5, 2016

Forgiveness applies to eligible students who attended Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and WyoTech The Consumer Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice is seeking Delaware residents who attended Corinthian Colleges who may qualify for complete discharge of their federal student loans. Students who attended a program at the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and […]




Attempted Murder Conviction Brings 22-Year Prison Sentence

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 2, 2016

Other defendants face prison time for weapons, assault, burglary and child abuse charges A 23-year-old man from Bear will spend 22 years in prison after being sentenced in New Castle County Superior Court for a shooting in Wilmington last summer. In July 2015, Shaquille Campbell shot a man in the leg, a short time after […]




Attempted Murder Conviction In Kent County Brings Life Sentence

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 26, 2016

Other defendants face prison time for gun offenses, endangering a child, and burglaries. Also: Fraudulent firefighter charity investigated by Delaware to be shut down in Michigan. A 37-year-old Camden man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for Attempted Murder and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of […]




Defendant Pleads Guilty In Rehoboth Carjacking

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016

Other defendants to serve prison time for weapons, robbery, charges. Deputy Attorney General Casey Ewart secured a plea from Tristan Messenger, 18, of Pottstown, PA to Carjacking 1st and Robbery 2nd. In July 2015, Messenger, who was 17 years old at the time, armed with what appeared to be a handgun, stole a man’s Toyota […]







  Category: Department of Justice

Public Workshops Next Week On Grants for Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2016

The public is invited to three workshops next week to provide input on priorities for $3.7 million in grants aimed at preventing crime and revitalizing neighborhoods statewide. The grants will be administered by the Neighborhood Building Blocks Fund, which was created in 2014 to support crime reduction, neighborhood revitalization, and economic development programs statewide, including […]




DOJ Consumer Protection Unit Announces Outreach Effort to Delaware Residents Qualifying For Student Loan Forgiveness

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, September 5, 2016

Forgiveness applies to eligible students who attended Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and WyoTech The Consumer Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice is seeking Delaware residents who attended Corinthian Colleges who may qualify for complete discharge of their federal student loans. Students who attended a program at the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, including Everest and […]




Attempted Murder Conviction Brings 22-Year Prison Sentence

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 2, 2016

Other defendants face prison time for weapons, assault, burglary and child abuse charges A 23-year-old man from Bear will spend 22 years in prison after being sentenced in New Castle County Superior Court for a shooting in Wilmington last summer. In July 2015, Shaquille Campbell shot a man in the leg, a short time after […]




Attempted Murder Conviction In Kent County Brings Life Sentence

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 26, 2016

Other defendants face prison time for gun offenses, endangering a child, and burglaries. Also: Fraudulent firefighter charity investigated by Delaware to be shut down in Michigan. A 37-year-old Camden man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced for Attempted Murder and Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of […]




Defendant Pleads Guilty In Rehoboth Carjacking

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 19, 2016

Other defendants to serve prison time for weapons, robbery, charges. Deputy Attorney General Casey Ewart secured a plea from Tristan Messenger, 18, of Pottstown, PA to Carjacking 1st and Robbery 2nd. In July 2015, Messenger, who was 17 years old at the time, armed with what appeared to be a handgun, stole a man’s Toyota […]