DOJ Secures Lengthy Prison Sentence for Dover Man in 2022 Violent Gun Case
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 22, 2023
On May 11, 37-year-old Kyle Leonard pled guilty to Murder 2nd Degree in Kent County Superior Court. Leonard was sentenced to 40 years in prison, suspended after 30 years for 6 months of work release or home confinement, followed by two years of probation. The conviction and sentence follow an investigation into Leonard fatally shooting his mother, […]
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Fossil Fuel Companies’ Petition for Hearing
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 15, 2023
Order sends Delaware’s climate damage & deception lawsuit back to State court WASHINGTON — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States DENIED the petition for a writ of certiorari submitted by fossil fuel companies appealing their failure to move Delaware’s climate damage and deception lawsuit out of state court and into federal court. The question […]
DOJ, DSP Secure Indictment and Arrest in 2009 Homicide
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 1, 2023
A Newark man has been indicted and arrested for a 2009 homicide following a cold case investigation. On April 24, 31-year-old Ricardo J. Vega was indicted on two counts of Murder 1st Degree for the killing of 19-year-old Justin Trnka. Trnka, also of Newark, was killed during an armed robbery on March17,2009. Potential charges for the armed robbery are subject to a statute of limitations […]
Statement from AG Jennings on SCOTUS’ Mifepristone Stay
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
The legal debacle over mifepristone underscores how easily a small group of extremist plaintiffs can abuse the judicial system to force draconian, unscientific, and undemocratic laws on the nation. These questions should not even be up for debate: mifepristone has a safer track record than Viagra. But we live in an era where women once […]
Jennings, AGs, and Advocates Announce Proposed Settlement in Chesapeake Pollution Lawsuit
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2023
Attorney General Kathy Jennings and her colleagues have announced that a proposed settlement has been reached in the 2020 lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to require Pennsylvania to develop and implement a plan to meet its commitments to reduce pollution under the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. One-third of Delaware is […]
