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  Category: Department of Justice


AG Jennings Announces $6 Billion National Settlement In Principle With Purdue Pharma and Sackler family

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2022

Jennings successfully appealed from original deal, more than doubling Delaware’s recovery with up to $25 million extra Institutions may remove Sackler name from buildings, scholarships; Sacklers to be banned from opioid business and Purdue to dissolve Attorney General Jennings announced today a tentative settlement worth as much as $6 billion with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family […]




AG Jennings Alerts Consumers Impacted By 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach To Take Steps To Protect Their Personal Information

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Attorney General Kathleen Jennings urges all Delaware residents who believe they were impacted by the data breach announced by T-Mobile in August 2021 to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. On August 17,  T-Mobile reported a massive data breach compromising the sensitive personal information of millions of current, former, and prospective […]




Former Dover Police Officer Pleads Guilty To DUI, Official Misconduct

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Defendant banned from law enforcement, required to undergo treatment Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday that the Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) has reached a pre-indictment plea agreement with a former Dover police officer who experienced an opioid overdose in his patrol vehicle and later tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana. “This […]




AG Indicts Ex-Officer In Excessive Force Cases

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022

Defendant faces eight charges, including assault, misconduct, and multiple felonies Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that the DOJ’s Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) secured an indictment against a former Wilmington police officer for two excessive force cases that took place in September 2021, including one incident that came to DCRPT’s attention […]




AG Jennings, ATF, DSP Announce 91 Felony Charges Against Sussex County Straw Purchasers

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Guns used in Dover homicide, New Castle County suicide; many remain unrecovered Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined law enforcement and prosecutors Wednesday to announce that the DOJ has secured 87 felony charges against five defendants who are collectively charged with illegally purchasing and providing to others more than 60 firearms, including guns recovered at the […]







  Category: Department of Justice

AG Jennings Announces $6 Billion National Settlement In Principle With Purdue Pharma and Sackler family

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2022

Jennings successfully appealed from original deal, more than doubling Delaware’s recovery with up to $25 million extra Institutions may remove Sackler name from buildings, scholarships; Sacklers to be banned from opioid business and Purdue to dissolve Attorney General Jennings announced today a tentative settlement worth as much as $6 billion with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family […]




AG Jennings Alerts Consumers Impacted By 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach To Take Steps To Protect Their Personal Information

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Attorney General Kathleen Jennings urges all Delaware residents who believe they were impacted by the data breach announced by T-Mobile in August 2021 to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. On August 17,  T-Mobile reported a massive data breach compromising the sensitive personal information of millions of current, former, and prospective […]




Former Dover Police Officer Pleads Guilty To DUI, Official Misconduct

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Defendant banned from law enforcement, required to undergo treatment Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday that the Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) has reached a pre-indictment plea agreement with a former Dover police officer who experienced an opioid overdose in his patrol vehicle and later tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana. “This […]




AG Indicts Ex-Officer In Excessive Force Cases

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022

Defendant faces eight charges, including assault, misconduct, and multiple felonies Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that the DOJ’s Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) secured an indictment against a former Wilmington police officer for two excessive force cases that took place in September 2021, including one incident that came to DCRPT’s attention […]




AG Jennings, ATF, DSP Announce 91 Felony Charges Against Sussex County Straw Purchasers

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Guns used in Dover homicide, New Castle County suicide; many remain unrecovered Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined law enforcement and prosecutors Wednesday to announce that the DOJ has secured 87 felony charges against five defendants who are collectively charged with illegally purchasing and providing to others more than 60 firearms, including guns recovered at the […]