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 […]
Laurel Woman Pleads to Theft and Forgery Charges
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, April 18, 2016
Kimberly Parker, 49, of Laurel, pled guilty April 15, 2016, to two counts of Felony Theft Greater Than $1500, and one count of Felony Second Degree Forgery. In December 2015, Parker was employed as a teacher in the Laurel School District. An investigation by Laurel Police showed she stole $2,550 from the Laurel Elementary School, […]
