AG Jennings intervenes in USPS case that would allow guns to be mailed with virtually no limits
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Attorney General Kathy Jennings, alongside Attorneys General for New York and New Jersey to today intervened in a federal lawsuit to defend a critical federal firearms law after the Trump Administration declined to do so, seeking to prevent a flood of prohibited weapons flooding state borders by mail. In 1927, Congress passed a statute (18 […]
AG Jennings blocks another Trump Admin attempt to defund SNAP, collect personal data
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 2, 2026
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today celebrated a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California once again blocking the Trump Administration’s demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants and recipients. Earlier this year, AG Jennings joined a coalition in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration […]
DOJ Recognizes National Consumer Protection Week
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 2, 2026
In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, March 2 – 8, the Delaware Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) is holding in-person events and sharing digital content geared toward education and prevention in the realm of consumer protection. The DOJ has released the list of Delaware’s top 10 scams for 2025 and will be sharing additional digital content on […]
DOJ obtains prison sentence for fatal 2022 shooting
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 27, 2026
A Sussex County man has been sentenced to prison for the 2022 shooting death of Jermaine Meadows. Lance Leatherbury, 27, of Laurel, was sentenced on February 27 to 15 years in prison. The sentence follows Leatherbury’s plea of No Contest to charges of Manslaughter, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and Conspiracy Second Degree. “The defendant’s actions are yet another shocking example […]
DOJ obtains dual prison sentences for 2019 shootings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Two men have been sentenced for their involvement in a series of 2019 shootings, one of which led to the death of a Wilmington man. Dion Young, 23, of New Castle County and Ameer Dunn, 23, of Harris County, Texas, were sentenced on February 19 to 13 years and 10 years in prison, respectively. The sentence follows their convictions earlier this year on a host of charges: Young had pled guilty to […]
