Statement of the Delaware Department of Justice on Criminal Charges Associated With the Death of Howard High School Student Amy Joyner-Francis
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
Earlier today, Department of Justice prosecutors and a Wilmington Police Department detective met with the mother and older brother of Amy Joyner-Francis to discuss with them the charges that would be brought against three Howard High School students in connection with the incident that led to the death of Amy Joyner-Francis on April 21, 2016. […]
Department of Justice Recent Cases Include Prison Time For Assaults, Weapons Charges, and Child Pornography
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 6, 2016
Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant convictions and sentences. A Wilmington man will spend eight years in prison for a domestic assault. Deputy Attorney General Joe Grubb obtained the sentence from the court for John McCasline, 50, on charges of Assault Second Degree, and Terroristic Threatening as a habitual offender. In […]
Guilty Verdicts for Mastermind of Paladin Club Murders
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
A New Castle County Superior Court jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges against Christopher Rivers, 33, of Wilmington, for the 2013 killing of his business partner Joseph Connell, and Connell’s wife, Olga, both 39, of Wilmington. The jury found Rivers guilty of two counts of Murder First Degree, two counts of Possession of a […]
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 […]
Gun, Drug, and Fraud Cases Highlight Recent Work of Department of Justice
Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 22, 2016
Prosecutors in the Department of Justice’s Criminal and Fraud and Consumer Protection Divisions had several significant successes recently. Deputy Attorney General Casey Ewart secured a prison sentence for 27-year old Tyrone Bussey of Yonkers, New York. In March 2015, Bussey, who was staying in his girlfriend’s apartment the 700 block of West 7th Street in […]
