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  Category: Criminal Division


Prison Sentence for Rape of Teenager

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019

Wilmington man sentenced for assault under I-95 Deputy Attorney General Monil Amin secured a 10-year prison sentence for a man who raped and impregnated a teenager with developmental disabilities. In June 2018, Britt Bowen, 45, of Newark sexually assaulted the victim while in his care. Bowen was arrested after DNA evidence revealed him to be […]




Dover Man Convicted in Rape and Assault Case

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 20, 2019

Wilmington shooting leads to prison time A 35-year-old Dover man has been convicted for sexually assaulting and beating his girlfriend. A Superior Court jury found Isaac Pierce guilty of Rape First Degree, Kidnapping First Degree, Strangulation, Assault Third Degree, and Terroristic Threatening. In September 2018, while arguing with the victim, Pierce beat, strangled, and raped […]




Woman Who Started Blaze That Killed Firefighters Sentenced to 30 Years In Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019

Guilty plea to murder in Dover killing; Change in state’s securities act leads to guilty plea to theft and identity theft Beatriz Fana-Ruiz, the woman who set fire to the home where she lived leading to the deaths of 3 Wilmington firefighters has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Deputy Attorneys General Barzilai Axelrod […]




Jury Convicts Bridgeville Man of Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 6, 2019

Wilmington man sentenced for 2017 killing in city A Bridgeville man who turned himself into police three days after fatally shooting another man in 2018 will spend the rest of his life in prison. A Sussex County Superior Court jury convicted Mcarthur Risper, Jr. of Murder First Degree, Conspiracy First Degree, and Possesion of a […]




Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving Infant in Hot Car Leading to Child’s Death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019

Other defendants face prison time on manslaughter, drug, weapons, robbery, and burglary charges Syiee Parker, a Wilmington man who left his 10-month-old child in a car one day last summer has pleaded guilty to causing her death. In July 2019, Parker, 37, dropped his wife off at work, and took 6 other children to summer […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Prison Sentence for Rape of Teenager

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019

Wilmington man sentenced for assault under I-95 Deputy Attorney General Monil Amin secured a 10-year prison sentence for a man who raped and impregnated a teenager with developmental disabilities. In June 2018, Britt Bowen, 45, of Newark sexually assaulted the victim while in his care. Bowen was arrested after DNA evidence revealed him to be […]




Dover Man Convicted in Rape and Assault Case

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 20, 2019

Wilmington shooting leads to prison time A 35-year-old Dover man has been convicted for sexually assaulting and beating his girlfriend. A Superior Court jury found Isaac Pierce guilty of Rape First Degree, Kidnapping First Degree, Strangulation, Assault Third Degree, and Terroristic Threatening. In September 2018, while arguing with the victim, Pierce beat, strangled, and raped […]




Woman Who Started Blaze That Killed Firefighters Sentenced to 30 Years In Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Date Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019

Guilty plea to murder in Dover killing; Change in state’s securities act leads to guilty plea to theft and identity theft Beatriz Fana-Ruiz, the woman who set fire to the home where she lived leading to the deaths of 3 Wilmington firefighters has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Deputy Attorneys General Barzilai Axelrod […]




Jury Convicts Bridgeville Man of Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 6, 2019

Wilmington man sentenced for 2017 killing in city A Bridgeville man who turned himself into police three days after fatally shooting another man in 2018 will spend the rest of his life in prison. A Sussex County Superior Court jury convicted Mcarthur Risper, Jr. of Murder First Degree, Conspiracy First Degree, and Possesion of a […]




Man Pleads Guilty to Leaving Infant in Hot Car Leading to Child’s Death

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019

Other defendants face prison time on manslaughter, drug, weapons, robbery, and burglary charges Syiee Parker, a Wilmington man who left his 10-month-old child in a car one day last summer has pleaded guilty to causing her death. In July 2019, Parker, 37, dropped his wife off at work, and took 6 other children to summer […]