AG Jennings successfully defends services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings last week secured an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ensuring that the agency will not restrict critical Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) services supporting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, including through the Delaware DOJ’s Victims Compensation Assistance Program (VCAP). Last […]
Delaware DOJ obtains nearly $1 million penalty from Kovack investment advisory firm
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Order requires firm to remove replacement letters from employee files Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit secured a penalty of $995,180 from an investment adviser firm for violations of the Delaware Securities Act, including filing incomplete and inaccurate registration materials, failing to supervise employees, and failing to maintain records and documents that should have […]
AG Jennings’ statement on federal permit to purchase ruling
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 14, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings released the following statement Friday evening after Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware denied a gun lobby motion for a preliminary injunction against Delaware’s permit to purchase law—a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners. I’m grateful to […]
Jennings calls out gun lobby’s inaccurate and deceptive filings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025
More than 200 handgun permits issued since successful launch AG Kathy Jennings responded Friday to spurious claims that the gun lobby made in a deceitful attempt to block the implementation of permit to purchase — a handgun training and licensing law supported by roughly 70% of Delawareans, including more than 60% of gun owners — […]
DOJ secures guilty plea in brutal rape and murder
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, November 7, 2025
A Dover man has pled guilty to multiple charges including Murder, Rape and Abuse of a Corpse for the 2024 assault and murder of Myeshia Triplett. On November 6, 2025, Kyle Batson, 27, pled guilty to Murder 2nd Degree, Rape 1st Degree, Strangulation, Abuse of a Corpse and Theft of a Motor Vehicle. The plea follows an investigation […]
