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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Financial Management Consultant Indicted in Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The Delaware Department of Justice Investor Protection Unit has obtained an indictment against Matthew A. Krimm, 35, of Abington, MD. The 25-count indictment includes charges of Racketeering and Securities Fraud. A Sussex County Grand Jury indicted Krimm, formerly of Rehoboth Beach, following a year-long investigation. The indictment charges Krimm with soliciting and selling investments in […]




Career Criminal Convicted for Attempted Knife Attack

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 21, 2017

Drug dealer enters plea and is sentenced A 48-year old Wilmington man was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on charges related to an attempted stabbing. 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 […]




Eligible Delaware Residents Can Still Submit Claims for Provigil Settlement

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017

To receive settlement funds, claims must be filed by Wednesday, June 25, 2017 Delaware residents who paid for the brand-name drug Provigil or generic modafinil from June 24, 2006, to March 31, 2012 are urged file claims in a $125 million multistate settlement that provides $35 million for distribution to consumers, the Delaware Department of […]




More Gang Members Plead Guilty

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for assault, weapons, and drug charges A total of 20 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 in Superior Court. • Anthony Fistzgiles, […]




Rodney Square Killer Convicted

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

A Superior Court jury has convicted Calvin Hooker, the man who stabbed another man to death on Rodney Square in 2015. The 26-year-old from Wilmington was found guilty but mentally ill on charges of Murder Second Degree, Aggravated Menacing, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. He was also found guilty on two counts of […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Financial Management Consultant Indicted in Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The Delaware Department of Justice Investor Protection Unit has obtained an indictment against Matthew A. Krimm, 35, of Abington, MD. The 25-count indictment includes charges of Racketeering and Securities Fraud. A Sussex County Grand Jury indicted Krimm, formerly of Rehoboth Beach, following a year-long investigation. The indictment charges Krimm with soliciting and selling investments in […]




Career Criminal Convicted for Attempted Knife Attack

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 21, 2017

Drug dealer enters plea and is sentenced A 48-year old Wilmington man was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on charges related to an attempted stabbing. 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 […]




Eligible Delaware Residents Can Still Submit Claims for Provigil Settlement

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017

To receive settlement funds, claims must be filed by Wednesday, June 25, 2017 Delaware residents who paid for the brand-name drug Provigil or generic modafinil from June 24, 2006, to March 31, 2012 are urged file claims in a $125 million multistate settlement that provides $35 million for distribution to consumers, the Delaware Department of […]




More Gang Members Plead Guilty

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for assault, weapons, and drug charges A total of 20 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 in Superior Court. • Anthony Fistzgiles, […]




Rodney Square Killer Convicted

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

A Superior Court jury has convicted Calvin Hooker, the man who stabbed another man to death on Rodney Square in 2015. The 26-year-old from Wilmington was found guilty but mentally ill on charges of Murder Second Degree, Aggravated Menacing, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. He was also found guilty on two counts of […]