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  Category: Criminal Division


Joint Investigation – DSP and DOJ Charge 13 in Operation “Duck Hunt”

Criminal Division | Delaware State Police | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Kent and Sussex County- On May 11th 2016, members of the Delaware State Police Sussex Drug Unit (SDU), Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), and the Sussex County Attorney General’s Office concluded a two year long investigation of a criminal organization which engaged in large scale heroin distribution and money laundering. A total of thirteen agencies […]




Murder, Weapons, Burglaries, Rape Result In Convictions, Prison Time

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016

Attorneys within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant criminal convictions and sentences: Deputy Attorneys General Steve Wood and Allison Abessinio secured a guilty plea from 23-year-old RhiShawn McNeil of Wilmington, to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In January 2015, 26-year-old Donnell Clark was working […]




Statement of the Delaware Department of Justice on Criminal Charges Associated With the Death of Howard High School Student Amy Joyner-Francis

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Earlier today, Department of Justice prosecutors and a Wilmington Police Department detective met with the mother and older brother of Amy Joyner-Francis to discuss with them the charges that would be brought against three Howard High School students in connection with the incident that led to the death of Amy Joyner-Francis on April 21, 2016. […]




Guilty Verdicts for Mastermind of Paladin Club Murders

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

A New Castle County Superior Court jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges against Christopher Rivers, 33, of Wilmington, for the 2013 killing of his business partner Joseph Connell, and Connell’s wife, Olga, both 39, of Wilmington. The jury found Rivers guilty of two counts of Murder First Degree, two counts of Possession of a […]




Prison Sentences for Murder, Home Invasion, Robbery Obtained By DOJ Prosecutors

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant convictions and sentences. Deputy Attorneys General Ipek Medford and Steve Wood secured two sentences of life without parole, plus five years for 28-year-old Dwight Smith of Wilmington, in connection to a 2011 rape and murder. In December 2011, 65-year-old Marsha Lee of Wilmington was reported […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Joint Investigation – DSP and DOJ Charge 13 in Operation “Duck Hunt”

Criminal Division | Delaware State Police | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Kent and Sussex County- On May 11th 2016, members of the Delaware State Police Sussex Drug Unit (SDU), Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), and the Sussex County Attorney General’s Office concluded a two year long investigation of a criminal organization which engaged in large scale heroin distribution and money laundering. A total of thirteen agencies […]




Murder, Weapons, Burglaries, Rape Result In Convictions, Prison Time

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 13, 2016

Attorneys within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant criminal convictions and sentences: Deputy Attorneys General Steve Wood and Allison Abessinio secured a guilty plea from 23-year-old RhiShawn McNeil of Wilmington, to Murder Second Degree and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In January 2015, 26-year-old Donnell Clark was working […]




Statement of the Delaware Department of Justice on Criminal Charges Associated With the Death of Howard High School Student Amy Joyner-Francis

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 9, 2016

Earlier today, Department of Justice prosecutors and a Wilmington Police Department detective met with the mother and older brother of Amy Joyner-Francis to discuss with them the charges that would be brought against three Howard High School students in connection with the incident that led to the death of Amy Joyner-Francis on April 21, 2016. […]




Guilty Verdicts for Mastermind of Paladin Club Murders

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

A New Castle County Superior Court jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges against Christopher Rivers, 33, of Wilmington, for the 2013 killing of his business partner Joseph Connell, and Connell’s wife, Olga, both 39, of Wilmington. The jury found Rivers guilty of two counts of Murder First Degree, two counts of Possession of a […]




Prison Sentences for Murder, Home Invasion, Robbery Obtained By DOJ Prosecutors

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016

Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained significant convictions and sentences. Deputy Attorneys General Ipek Medford and Steve Wood secured two sentences of life without parole, plus five years for 28-year-old Dwight Smith of Wilmington, in connection to a 2011 rape and murder. In December 2011, 65-year-old Marsha Lee of Wilmington was reported […]