The Delaware Attorney General’s office announced that defendants being
detained prior to trial are now subject to the same legal penalties for violating no contact orders and
other pre-trial conditions as those who are released on bail pending trial. This loophole in State law
was closed through legislation drafted by the Delaware Department of Justice and signed into law
today by Governor Markell.

“This new law provides greater protection to victims of crime,” said State Prosecutor Richard
Andrews. “Closing this loophole assures that all defendants who violate pre-trial conditions are held
accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

Recently, a Delaware court ruled that defendants under certain court-ordered restrictions before
trial, such as “no contact” orders, but who remained in custody due to an inability to post bail or were
denied bail were not subject to felony charges stemming from the violation of those orders. House Bill
181 applies the same guidelines for breach of conditions of release to all defendants awaiting trial,
regardless of whether they are released on bail or in custody pending trial.

This legislation was sponsored by Representative Michael A. Barbieri, and co-sponsored by
Representative Deborah Hudson and Senator Liane M. Sorenson.
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Today the Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Office of the State
Bank Commissioner, and Delaware State Housing Authority announced that statewide housing
workshops offered last month connected more than 200 homeowners with on-site mortgage counseling
and government services. They also announced additional housing workshops in July and beyond.

At last month’s workshops, held June 26 in Seaford and June 27 in Dover and New Castle,
homeowners met one-on-one with loan servicers and certified housing counselors to review mortgages
and discuss mortgage modifications. Representatives from the Delaware State Housing Authority and
Fannie Mae offered information about the State DEMAP and the federal SavingYour Home programs.
Presentations by the Federal Trade Commission and the Delaware Attorney General’s Consumer
Protection Unit reviewed how to avoid becoming victims of mortgage fraud. During one workshop, a
violation of the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Protection Act was also reported and is currently under
investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.

Following the success of the June events, additional housing workshops will be held this month
and beyond to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing
foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. July workshops are as follows:
Date Time Location Address
Wednesday, July 15
4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Presentations at 4:00,
5:30, and 7:00 p.m.)
Peoples Settlement Association
408 East 8th Street, Wilmington
Wednesday, July 22
2:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Presentations at 2:00,
3:30, and 6:00 p.m.)
Millsboro Fire Hall
109 East State Street, Millsboro
During each workshop, State employees and counselors from HUD-approved Delaware
housing agencies will lead informational presentations and will be available to meet with individuals
one-on-one to provide details about the Delaware Mortgage Assistance Program (DEMAP), mortgage
refinancing options, foreclosure, and foreclosure rescue scams.
Note: the workshops cited above represent a partial list of housing events statewide. For a
complete list of additional Delaware housing events, including housing counselor seminars, visit the
Delaware State Housing Authority’s Foreclosure Help website at www.deforeclosurehelp.org.

Last month, foreclosure filings statewide broke the monthly record set earlier this year, totaling
590 in June, compared with 283 in June 2008. For the first six months of 2009 foreclosure filings
jumped 41% from last year, to 2,900, versus 2,054 at 6 months in 2008.
Borrowers who have missed mortgage payments and have been named in a foreclosure filing
are reminded that mortgage rescue companies and others who offer to help with mortgage
modifications are prohibited by law from receiving payment in advance of providing the service.
Homeowners facing foreclosure or who suspect foreclosure fraud are encouraged to call the Attorney
General’s Mortgage Hotline at 1-800-220-5424, visit the Attorney General’s website at
www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/mortgageforeclosure, or visit the Delaware State Housing
Authority’s Foreclosure Help website at www.deforeclosurehelp.org. These state resources provide a
range of information about government programs, access to FREE HUD-certified housing counseling
services, as well as fraud-prevention and reporting tools.
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Today the Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Office of the State
Bank Commissioner, and Delaware State Housing Authority announced that statewide housing
workshops offered last month connected more than 200 homeowners with on-site mortgage counseling
and government services. They also announced additional housing workshops in July and beyond.

At last month’s workshops, held June 26 in Seaford and June 27 in Dover and New Castle,
homeowners met one-on-one with loan servicers and certified housing counselors to review mortgages
and discuss mortgage modifications. Representatives from the Delaware State Housing Authority and
Fannie Mae offered information about the State DEMAP and the federal SavingYour Home programs.
Presentations by the Federal Trade Commission and the Delaware Attorney General’s Consumer
Protection Unit reviewed how to avoid becoming victims of mortgage fraud. During one workshop, a
violation of the Mortgage Rescue Fraud Protection Act was also reported and is currently under
investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.

Following the success of the June events, additional housing workshops will be held this month
and beyond to help homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing
foreclosure, or suspect a foreclosure scam. July workshops are as follows:
Date Time Location Address
Wednesday, July 15
4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Presentations at 4:00,
5:30, and 7:00 p.m.)
Peoples Settlement Association
408 East 8th Street, Wilmington
Wednesday, July 22
2:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Presentations at 2:00,
3:30, and 6:00 p.m.)
Millsboro Fire Hall, 09 East State Street, Millsboro
During each workshop, State employees and counselors from HUD-approved Delaware
housing agencies will lead informational presentations and will be available to meet with individuals
one-on-one to provide details about the Delaware Mortgage Assistance Program (DEMAP), mortgage
refinancing options, foreclosure, and foreclosure rescue scams.

Note: the workshops cited above represent a partial list of housing events statewide. For a
complete list of additional Delaware housing events, including housing counselor seminars, visit the
Delaware State Housing Authority’s Foreclosure Help website at www.deforeclosurehelp.org.

Last month, foreclosure filings statewide broke the monthly record set earlier this year, totaling
590 in June, compared with 283 in June 2008. For the first six months of 2009 foreclosure filings
jumped 41% from last year, to 2,900, versus 2,054 at 6 months in 2008.
Borrowers who have missed mortgage payments and have been named in a foreclosure filing
are reminded that mortgage rescue companies and others who offer to help with mortgage
modifications are prohibited by law from receiving payment in advance of providing the service.

Homeowners facing foreclosure or who suspect foreclosure fraud are encouraged to call the Attorney
General’s Mortgage Hotline at 1-800-220-5424, visit the Attorney General’s website at
www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/mortgageforeclosure, or visit the Delaware State Housing
Authority’s Foreclosure Help website at www.deforeclosurehelp.org. These state resources provide a
range of information about government programs, access to FREE HUD-certified housing counseling
services, as well as fraud-prevention and reporting tools.
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The Delaware Supreme Court issued a ruling that upheld the June, 2007
murder conviction of Allison Lamont Norman but overturned his death sentence and ordered a new
penalty hearing in the case. The State has carefully reviewed the Supreme Court’s ruling and
consulted with the families of the two homicide victims. We anticipate that following the procedures
set forth in the Supreme Court’s opinion would likely result in a sentence of life in prison. We have
decided that we are not going to force those families and the many other victims to relive the events of
the defendant’s criminal rampage. Therefore, we will not be retrying the penalty phase hearing.
We expect that the Superior Court will soon schedule a hearing to sentence the defendant to life
in prison without the possibility of parole on the Murder 1st Degree charge.
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The Attorney General’s Office announced the success of its “Community
Shred Days” this month. In its continued effort to prevent identity theft, the Attorney General’s office
hosted three free community shredding events, one in each of Delaware’s counties. Industrial-sized
shredders at each site processed thousands of pounds of documents, and staff from the Consumer
Protection Unit provided educational information about identity theft and resources to victims of
identity theft and consumer fraud.

“Identity theft is one of the fastest growing white collar crimes in the nation and our shred days
provided an important crime prevention tool to the public,” said Timothy Mullaney, Director of the
Attorney General’s Fraud and Consumer Protection Division. “Hundreds of consumers statewide used
these opportunities to reduce their risk of being victimized by safely destroying documents that
contained personal identifying information.”

3,500 pounds of paper was shredded in Sussex County on June 6th at the Georgetown CHEER
Center. The New Castle County shred day, held on June 13th at Frawley Stadium, yielded 11,540
pounds of material. And the Kent County shred day, held in the Boscov’s parking lot at the Dover
Mall on June 20th, produced 6,280 pounds of shredded paper. In total, 21,320 pounds – more than 10
tons – of documents were destroyed.

In addition to protecting Delawareans from identity theft and fraud, the shred events were
beneficial to the environment. Shredded documents were further refined into paper pulp which was
transferred to recycling facilities in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where it will be used to
manufacture recycled household paper products such as paper plates, paper towels and napkins.
Community shred days are part of the Attorney General’s ongoing campaign to prevent identity
theft and assist victims of the crime. Consumers are encouraged to learn more about identity theft by
visiting www.attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/consumers or call the Attorney General’s toll-free
Consumer Hotline at 1-800-220-5424.

The June 2009 community shred days were funded by fines and settlements secured by the
Attorney General’s Office through the law enforcement actions of its Consumer Protection Unit.
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