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  Category: Criminal Division


Murder Conviction Leads to Life in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

Prison sentences for others facing murder and weapons charges.   Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant criminal convictions and sentences: A 23-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 17 years, for a 2012 murder in the Southbridge section of Wilmington. In May 2012, Reuel Ray shot […]




Brothers From Dover Sentenced to Prison For Drug Activity

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, July 8, 2016

Others sentenced for home improvement fraud, rape, assault, and robbery Following are recent results obtained in cases pursued by the attorneys, investigators and staff of the Delaware Department of Justice: Two brothers both received significant prison sentences for their roles as main players in a group selling drugs out of the Capitol Park neighborhood near […]




Two Brothers Sentenced for Wilmington Shooting

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

Other convictions and sentencings for assault, guns, drug dealing A set of brothers from Wilmington have been sentenced to prison for a June 2015 shooting. The pair shot Gabriel Juarez, Sr., 50, Gabriel Juarez, Jr, 26, and Felipe Cruz-Flores, 26, with shotguns outside of the brothers’ apartment in the Lancaster Court Apartments on Lancaster Pike […]




Child Predator Task Force Investigation Leads to Arrest

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2016

An undercover investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the online sharing of child pornography, resulted in the arrest of 50-year-old William M. Herkins, IV of Gwinhurst ,Wilmington, for 25 counts of Dealing in Child Pornography. The investigation revealed that Herkins downloaded and shared multiple files of child pornography via the internet over […]




Guilty Verdict in Wilmington Murder Trial

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016

Assault and weapons charges, bank robberies lead to convictions, prison time in other cases A New Castle County Superior Court jury found a 22-year-old Wilmington man guilty on all charges today, in connection with a 2015 murder in Wilmington. Deputy Attorneys General Brian Robertson and Dan McBride won the conviction against Atiba Mayfield on charges […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Murder Conviction Leads to Life in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 15, 2016

Prison sentences for others facing murder and weapons charges.   Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant criminal convictions and sentences: A 23-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 17 years, for a 2012 murder in the Southbridge section of Wilmington. In May 2012, Reuel Ray shot […]




Brothers From Dover Sentenced to Prison For Drug Activity

Consumer Protection | Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, July 8, 2016

Others sentenced for home improvement fraud, rape, assault, and robbery Following are recent results obtained in cases pursued by the attorneys, investigators and staff of the Delaware Department of Justice: Two brothers both received significant prison sentences for their roles as main players in a group selling drugs out of the Capitol Park neighborhood near […]




Two Brothers Sentenced for Wilmington Shooting

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, July 1, 2016

Other convictions and sentencings for assault, guns, drug dealing A set of brothers from Wilmington have been sentenced to prison for a June 2015 shooting. The pair shot Gabriel Juarez, Sr., 50, Gabriel Juarez, Jr, 26, and Felipe Cruz-Flores, 26, with shotguns outside of the brothers’ apartment in the Lancaster Court Apartments on Lancaster Pike […]




Child Predator Task Force Investigation Leads to Arrest

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2016

An undercover investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the online sharing of child pornography, resulted in the arrest of 50-year-old William M. Herkins, IV of Gwinhurst ,Wilmington, for 25 counts of Dealing in Child Pornography. The investigation revealed that Herkins downloaded and shared multiple files of child pornography via the internet over […]




Guilty Verdict in Wilmington Murder Trial

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, June 24, 2016

Assault and weapons charges, bank robberies lead to convictions, prison time in other cases A New Castle County Superior Court jury found a 22-year-old Wilmington man guilty on all charges today, in connection with a 2015 murder in Wilmington. Deputy Attorneys General Brian Robertson and Dan McBride won the conviction against Atiba Mayfield on charges […]