DOJ warns Delawareans about jury duty phone scam
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019
The Delaware Department of Justice Consumer Protection Unit is alerting residents of a phone scam regarding missed jury duty service. Similar scams have been reported in the past.
Prison sentence for 2017 murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 9, 2019
A Queens, NY man was sentenced by a Superior Court judge for a Wilmington murder. In September 2017, Sandy Lashley, 31, shot and killed Allen Melton of Wilmington after Melton attempted to intervene in an altercation on Cedar Street between his girlfriend and Lashley’s female friend. Lashley pleaded guilty in May to Murder Second Degree […]
DOJ announces early success in child support absconder initiative
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Family Division announced that a new targeting of child support absconders has resulted in location of individuals who collectively owe more than $1 million in child support payments in order for them to begin paying support to their families. Led by Deputy Attorney General Phyllis Scully, Special Investigator William McGillan, […]
Prison for Man Who Murdered His Grandmother
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Department of Justice hosts forum on re-entry after incarceration A 31-year-old Georgetown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his grandmother. Deputy Attorneys General Michael Tipton and Amanda Nyman secured the plea and sentence for George Bailey, III. In October 2018, Bailey choked 69-year-old Lorraine Bradley to death […]
Attorney General Jennings challenges Trump administration’s move to gut asylum seekers’ protections
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Coalition of 21 attorneys general argues changes violate federal law and judicial precedent Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined Friday a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from […]
