AG Jennings Announces Leadership Changes At The DOJ
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday that A.J. Roop will serve as the DOJ’s next Chief of Staff. A seven-year veteran of the DOJ, Roop has served as State Prosecutor throughout AG Jennings’ term, leading the DOJ’s largest Division, maintaining the Department’s high conviction rate in gun cases, and guiding the Criminal Division through a […]
Former Correctional Officer Faces Felony Indictment for K9 Heat-Related Death
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
The DOJ’s Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust (DCRPT) has indicted a former Delaware Correctional Officer and K9 handler on three charges, including a felony, for recklessly confining and causing the death of a four-year-old law enforcement animal named Lux. “We find these stories so viscerally disturbing not only because we care for the […]
Suspect Indicted For 2015 Murder That Sparked Years-Long Wilmington Gang War
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2023
Attorney General Kathy Jennings and Wilmington Chief of Police Wilfredo Campos announced today that a Wilmington man, Oliver “Butter” Henry, has been arrested and charged for the January 2015 murder of 16-year-old Jordan Ellerbe. Ellerbe’s murder ignited a rapidly accelerating feud between two rival gangs, Shoot to Kill and Only My Brothers. In the months […]
New Charges Filed, Guilty Plea Secured in NorthPak Case
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 13, 2023
The Department of Justice has secured an additional 28 charges against three defendants, and a guilty plea from a fourth, in its case against the Wilmington-area gang NorthPak. “Wilmington, and Delaware as a whole, are making strides in the fight against gun violence, and aggressively taking on violent gangs is an indispensable part of that […]
AG Jennings Announces Over $10 Billion In National Bipartisan Opioid Settlements With CVS And Walgreens
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, December 12, 2022
Together with prior deals, Delaware now expects to recover a quarter-billion dollars to combat opioid crisis Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she has finalized settlement agreements with CVS and Walgreens, bringing the national amount from investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical industry for its role in the opioid crisis to more than $50 billion. Delaware’s […]
