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  Category: Department of Justice


DOJ Secures Guilty Plea For A Violent Gun Offender 

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 13, 2023

Plea agreement brings lengthy prison time, resolves five pending cases  On October 2, 34-year-old Timothy Thomas of Wilmington pleaded guilty to Murder 2nd Degree and Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited in New Castle County Superior Court following an investigation into the July 2020 shooting of Andre Hickson. “I am grateful to our prosecutors and the Wilmington Police Department for their […]




Statement from AG Jennings On The Violence In Israel

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 13, 2023

Attorney General Kathy Jennings released the following statement Friday regrading the violence committed against innocents in Israel: Dave and I are grieving for the innocents lost in Israel, and for their families abroad and here in Delaware. I have struggled to find words for what the world has witnessed: Hamas’ flagrant violence and kidnappings committed […]




AG Jennings Announces $49.5 Million Blackbaud Data Breach Settlement

Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Attorney General Jennings announced today that Delaware has reached a multistate settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and response to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers across the United States. Under the settlement, Blackbaud has agreed to overhaul its data security and breach […]




DOJ Secures Life Sentence For Serial Stalker

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023

A New Castle man has been sentenced to life in prison following convictions in two domestic violence cases. On September 22, David Jewell, 47, was declared a habitual offender and sentenced to life in prison for convictions of felony Stalking, Harassment, and 24 counts of Terroristic Threatening, following an investigation into hundreds of violent phone calls and messages targeting two victims, one of whom was a […]




AG Jennings Sues Amazon For Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Attorney General Jennings yesterday joined the Federal Trade Commission and 16 other state attorneys general to sue Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power. The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions […]







  Category: Department of Justice

DOJ Secures Guilty Plea For A Violent Gun Offender 

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 13, 2023

Plea agreement brings lengthy prison time, resolves five pending cases  On October 2, 34-year-old Timothy Thomas of Wilmington pleaded guilty to Murder 2nd Degree and Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited in New Castle County Superior Court following an investigation into the July 2020 shooting of Andre Hickson. “I am grateful to our prosecutors and the Wilmington Police Department for their […]




Statement from AG Jennings On The Violence In Israel

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, October 13, 2023

Attorney General Kathy Jennings released the following statement Friday regrading the violence committed against innocents in Israel: Dave and I are grieving for the innocents lost in Israel, and for their families abroad and here in Delaware. I have struggled to find words for what the world has witnessed: Hamas’ flagrant violence and kidnappings committed […]




AG Jennings Announces $49.5 Million Blackbaud Data Breach Settlement

Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Attorney General Jennings announced today that Delaware has reached a multistate settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and response to a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers across the United States. Under the settlement, Blackbaud has agreed to overhaul its data security and breach […]




DOJ Secures Life Sentence For Serial Stalker

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023

A New Castle man has been sentenced to life in prison following convictions in two domestic violence cases. On September 22, David Jewell, 47, was declared a habitual offender and sentenced to life in prison for convictions of felony Stalking, Harassment, and 24 counts of Terroristic Threatening, following an investigation into hundreds of violent phone calls and messages targeting two victims, one of whom was a […]




AG Jennings Sues Amazon For Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power

Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Attorney General Jennings yesterday joined the Federal Trade Commission and 16 other state attorneys general to sue Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power. The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions […]