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  Category: Department of Justice


Governor Signs Gun Background Check Bill

Department of Justice | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Former Lt. Governor Matt Denn (2009-2014) | News | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Surrounded by law enforcement, advocates for gun safety and lawmakers from both parties, Governor Jack Markell signed House Bill 35, the most significant piece of gun safety legislation in Delaware in decades.




Biden unveils new measures to combat prescription drug abuse

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wilmington – Noting the alarming fact that more Americans die each year from overdoses of narcotic prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, and that Delaware ranked 5th in the nation in per-capita narcotic prescription drug sales in 2010, Attorney General Beau Biden today announced new legislative proposals, to combat the explosive increase in […]




DNREC Secretary O’Mara suspends permit for Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC resource recovery facility

Department of Justice | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | News | Date Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013

DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara has suspended a permit for Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC that allowed the resource recovery facility to accept, process, and recycle construction and demolition waste. The suspension was handed down via Secretary’s Order after the company failed to address repeated environmental violations and after Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC discounted a cease and desist order issued by DNREC. The Secretary’s Order prohibits the facility, located west of Camden in Kent County, from accepting any solid waste including recyclable materials and requires Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC to take steps to protect public health and the environment.




Hockessin Man Charged with Dealing in Child Pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced that a proactive undercover online investigation conducted by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the distribution of child pornography has led to the arrest of a Hockessin man. “Receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography are criminal acts that perpetuate the sexual abuse of kids and we’re working […]




Lt. Joe Szczerba Honored Posthumously with Congressional Badge of Bravery

Department of Justice | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, April 22, 2013

U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, U.S. Congressman John Carney, and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III, presented the family of fallen Officer Joseph L. Szczerba with the Congressional Badge of Bravery Award.







  Category: Department of Justice

Governor Signs Gun Background Check Bill

Department of Justice | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Former Lt. Governor Matt Denn (2009-2014) | News | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Surrounded by law enforcement, advocates for gun safety and lawmakers from both parties, Governor Jack Markell signed House Bill 35, the most significant piece of gun safety legislation in Delaware in decades.




Biden unveils new measures to combat prescription drug abuse

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wilmington – Noting the alarming fact that more Americans die each year from overdoses of narcotic prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, and that Delaware ranked 5th in the nation in per-capita narcotic prescription drug sales in 2010, Attorney General Beau Biden today announced new legislative proposals, to combat the explosive increase in […]




DNREC Secretary O’Mara suspends permit for Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC resource recovery facility

Department of Justice | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | News | Date Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013

DNREC Secretary Collin O’Mara has suspended a permit for Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC that allowed the resource recovery facility to accept, process, and recycle construction and demolition waste. The suspension was handed down via Secretary’s Order after the company failed to address repeated environmental violations and after Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC discounted a cease and desist order issued by DNREC. The Secretary’s Order prohibits the facility, located west of Camden in Kent County, from accepting any solid waste including recyclable materials and requires Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC to take steps to protect public health and the environment.




Hockessin Man Charged with Dealing in Child Pornography

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced that a proactive undercover online investigation conducted by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the distribution of child pornography has led to the arrest of a Hockessin man. “Receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography are criminal acts that perpetuate the sexual abuse of kids and we’re working […]




Lt. Joe Szczerba Honored Posthumously with Congressional Badge of Bravery

Department of Justice | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, April 22, 2013

U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, U.S. Congressman John Carney, and U.S. Attorney Charles M. Oberly, III, presented the family of fallen Officer Joseph L. Szczerba with the Congressional Badge of Bravery Award.