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  Category: Criminal Division


Biden Announces Arrest of Teacher for Child Solicitation

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012

Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that an undercover investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force has led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Bear man on child solicitation charges. Scott R. Gibson,




Child Predator Task Force Arrests Man for Soliciting Child for Sex

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012

Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that a Child Predator Task Force undercover investigation resulted in the arrest of a Delaware student for soliciting a detective posing as a child for sex.   “We created the Child Predator Task Force to use technology to find predators in the places where they target kids […]




Biden Announces Expanded Initiative to Combat Neighborhood Crime

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012

Landlord training June 9 in Harrington to focus on proven techniques to reduce crime in rental properties   Wilmington – As part of its ongoing action to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in throughout Delaware, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his office is expanding its landlord training initiative to give […]




Biden Urges Congress to Increase Federal Funding for Victims of Crime

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

51 Attorneys General propose raising spending cap on Crime Victims Fund   Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 50 states and territories urged Congress this week to increase support for victim services through a federal grant program that provide essential funding for state and local victim assistance programs.  In a […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]







  Category: Criminal Division

Biden Announces Arrest of Teacher for Child Solicitation

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 14, 2012

Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that an undercover investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force has led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Bear man on child solicitation charges. Scott R. Gibson,




Child Predator Task Force Arrests Man for Soliciting Child for Sex

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Friday, May 11, 2012

Wilmington – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that a Child Predator Task Force undercover investigation resulted in the arrest of a Delaware student for soliciting a detective posing as a child for sex.   “We created the Child Predator Task Force to use technology to find predators in the places where they target kids […]




Biden Announces Expanded Initiative to Combat Neighborhood Crime

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012

Landlord training June 9 in Harrington to focus on proven techniques to reduce crime in rental properties   Wilmington – As part of its ongoing action to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in throughout Delaware, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his office is expanding its landlord training initiative to give […]




Biden Urges Congress to Increase Federal Funding for Victims of Crime

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

51 Attorneys General propose raising spending cap on Crime Victims Fund   Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 50 states and territories urged Congress this week to increase support for victim services through a federal grant program that provide essential funding for state and local victim assistance programs.  In a […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]