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  Category: Criminal Division


Murderer Sentenced to 50 Years

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for robbery, weapons, drug, and assault charges A 34-year-old Newark man will spend the next 50 years in prison for a 2016 murder. A Superior Court judge sentenced Brian Goodwin after his July guilty plea to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony […]




Rodney Square Killer Sentenced to 30 Years

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 8, 2017

Other defendants face prison for murder, robbery, weapons, and sex offenses The Wilmington man who stabbed another man to death on Rodney Square will spend the next 30 years in prison or a psychiatric center after being sentenced by a Superior Court judge. In September 2015, Calvin Hooker, 25, stabbed 27-year-old Thomas Cottingham to death […]




Defendants Face Prison Time for Weapons, Child Pornography, Manslaughter, Carjacking, Burglary

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

A 48-year old Wilmington man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a new conviction related to an attempted stabbing following convictions for multiple previous felonies. In June 2016, Eli Escalera threatened an innocent bystander while holding a knife at a DART bus stop on Route 13 near Memorial Drive in New Castle. The […]




Touch Money Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

Other defendants facing prison for drug, weapons, home invasion, robbery, and sexual assault charges. Three members of the Touch Money Gang (TMG) received prison sentences Friday related to charges in a 91-count indictment against 13 gang members in September 2015 that included murder, robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs, Periann Doko, […]




18-Year-Old Sentenced to Prison for Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 11, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for murder, rape, weapons, assault, and robbery charges Khalil Seals, 18, of Wilmington, will spend the next 15 years in prison for a 2015 murder he committed as a juvenile. A Superior Court judge sentenced Seals for his February guilty plea to Murder Second Degree in connection with the September […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Murderer Sentenced to 50 Years

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for robbery, weapons, drug, and assault charges A 34-year-old Newark man will spend the next 50 years in prison for a 2016 murder. A Superior Court judge sentenced Brian Goodwin after his July guilty plea to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony […]




Rodney Square Killer Sentenced to 30 Years

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, September 8, 2017

Other defendants face prison for murder, robbery, weapons, and sex offenses The Wilmington man who stabbed another man to death on Rodney Square will spend the next 30 years in prison or a psychiatric center after being sentenced by a Superior Court judge. In September 2015, Calvin Hooker, 25, stabbed 27-year-old Thomas Cottingham to death […]




Defendants Face Prison Time for Weapons, Child Pornography, Manslaughter, Carjacking, Burglary

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

A 48-year old Wilmington man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a new conviction related to an attempted stabbing following convictions for multiple previous felonies. In June 2016, Eli Escalera threatened an innocent bystander while holding a knife at a DART bus stop on Route 13 near Memorial Drive in New Castle. The […]




Touch Money Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

Other defendants facing prison for drug, weapons, home invasion, robbery, and sexual assault charges. Three members of the Touch Money Gang (TMG) received prison sentences Friday related to charges in a 91-count indictment against 13 gang members in September 2015 that included murder, robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs, Periann Doko, […]




18-Year-Old Sentenced to Prison for Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 11, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for murder, rape, weapons, assault, and robbery charges Khalil Seals, 18, of Wilmington, will spend the next 15 years in prison for a 2015 murder he committed as a juvenile. A Superior Court judge sentenced Seals for his February guilty plea to Murder Second Degree in connection with the September […]