Statement from Attorney General Jennings on violence in Washington, D.C.
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released Tuesday the following statement on brutality authorized against protestors in Washington D.C.: I have struggled to find the words for yesterday’s events in Lafayette Square. In a long series of daily outrages and capricious decisions, the violence exacted yesterday against lawful, peaceful protestors is among the most shameful. That lawful Americans […]
Nearly $7 million in civil penalties secured against criminal enterprises involving human trafficking
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, May 8, 2020
A group of Superior Court judgments issued on April 22 impose a total of $6.79 million in civil penalties against a Middletown pawn shop and its operators for violations of Delaware’s racketeering statute. The Department of Justice’s Civil Division secured the judgment as the outcome of a 2017 civil racketeering complaint filed against Gold Fever […]
Domestic Violence Survivors Receive More Than 100 Prepaid Phones
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 4, 2020
Attorney General highlights domestic violence awareness amid emergency orders Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence announced Monday that more than 100 cell phones with prepaid calls, texts, and data will be made available to Delaware domestic violence survivors as the result of a public-private-nonprofit collaboration between the Delaware Department of Justice, the […]
Top federal and state prosecutors form Delaware COVID-19 anti-fraud coalition
Captive | Captive Insurance | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, April 24, 2020
Today, United States Attorney David C. Weiss and Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings announced the formation of a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) Anti-Fraud Coalition, aimed at better protecting the citizens of Delaware from criminal and civil fraud arising from the pandemic. The Coalition is comprised of local, state and federal agencies, investigators and prosecutors with significant […]
Attorney General Jennings Announces New Director of Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, April 13, 2020
Carney signs legislation permanently elevating former Office of Civil Rights & Public Trust Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that Deputy Attorney General Mark Denney will be tapped to lead the Department of Justice’s new Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust. “The DOJ is the people’s law firm, and the Division of Civil Rights […]
