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  Category: Criminal Division


Significant Prison Sentences for Rape, Robbery, Assault, Weapons, and Gang Activity Convictions

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017

Robert Hearne, 51, of Hockessin was sentenced to 7 life terms plus 80 years in prison for the repeated rape of a child over a 9-year period. Deputy Attorney General Diana Dunn obtained the sentence in Superior Court after Hearne was convicted at trial in January on 7 counts of Rape First Degree, 4 counts […]




Defendants Going To Prison For Murder, Gun, Assault, Rape Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017

Jamie Baker, a 47-year-old Smyrna woman, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of her husband, James D. Baker II, in 2013. Deputy Attorneys General Jason Cohee and Nicole Hartman secured the plea in Superior Court. Baker pled guilty to Murder Second Degree in February, admitting then that she had used a […]




More Gang Members Guilty, Sentenced To Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017

Other Defendants Sentenced For Murder, Manslaughter, Rape   A total of 15 members of the Only My Brothers (OMB) gang have now pled guilty to charges included in the 2016 indictment related to the activities of OMB after 3 more members entered pleas and were sentenced this week in Superior Court: • Sha’Mir Sudler, 16, […]




Jury Convicts Man on 21 Counts Including Murder and Weapons Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Defendant arrested as part of Operation “In The House” A Superior Court jury has convicted one of the members of an organized criminal enterprise once operating in Sussex and Kent Counties on 21 charges related to a home invasion and murder in 2014. Rhamir Waples, 20, of Philadelphia was arrested as part of Operation “In […]




Dover Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Rape

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 3, 2017

Others face jail time for murder, weapons, rape, and vehicular homicide charges A 35-year-old Dover man will spend the rest of his life in prison, sentenced as a habitual offender for sexually abusing a child. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson secured the sentence in Superior Court for Eric Curry. In November 2015, Curry was caught […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Significant Prison Sentences for Rape, Robbery, Assault, Weapons, and Gang Activity Convictions

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017

Robert Hearne, 51, of Hockessin was sentenced to 7 life terms plus 80 years in prison for the repeated rape of a child over a 9-year period. Deputy Attorney General Diana Dunn obtained the sentence in Superior Court after Hearne was convicted at trial in January on 7 counts of Rape First Degree, 4 counts […]




Defendants Going To Prison For Murder, Gun, Assault, Rape Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017

Jamie Baker, a 47-year-old Smyrna woman, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of her husband, James D. Baker II, in 2013. Deputy Attorneys General Jason Cohee and Nicole Hartman secured the plea in Superior Court. Baker pled guilty to Murder Second Degree in February, admitting then that she had used a […]




More Gang Members Guilty, Sentenced To Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 10, 2017

Other Defendants Sentenced For Murder, Manslaughter, Rape   A total of 15 members of the Only My Brothers (OMB) gang have now pled guilty to charges included in the 2016 indictment related to the activities of OMB after 3 more members entered pleas and were sentenced this week in Superior Court: • Sha’Mir Sudler, 16, […]




Jury Convicts Man on 21 Counts Including Murder and Weapons Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Defendant arrested as part of Operation “In The House” A Superior Court jury has convicted one of the members of an organized criminal enterprise once operating in Sussex and Kent Counties on 21 charges related to a home invasion and murder in 2014. Rhamir Waples, 20, of Philadelphia was arrested as part of Operation “In […]




Dover Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Rape

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 3, 2017

Others face jail time for murder, weapons, rape, and vehicular homicide charges A 35-year-old Dover man will spend the rest of his life in prison, sentenced as a habitual offender for sexually abusing a child. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson secured the sentence in Superior Court for Eric Curry. In November 2015, Curry was caught […]