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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Delaware Department of Justice Files To Shut Down Newark Massage Parlor As Criminal Nuisance

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017

A complaint filed by Attorney General Matt Denn’s office asks the state Superior Court to declare a Newark property housing the Rose Spa massage parlor a criminal nuisance because of prostitution occurring there, and asks for potential closure of the business. As stated in the complaint, the defendants, Stella Family Enterprises, LLC, the owners of […]




Statewide Coalition Releases Funding Plan for Kids

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Community advocates and leaders gathered on Tuesday to announce the Coalition for Delaware’s Kids, with a goal of convincing the State of Delaware to spend $55 million in “one-time” state revenues over four years on programs targeted at improving the lives and futures of low-income children throughout Delaware. The following participants attended the event at […]




Gang Shootings, Drug Network, Murder Lead To Prison Sentences

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 1, 2017

Rape of child, home invasion punished with prison terms Also: Home improvement contractor pleads guilty to multiple fraud charges A Wilmington teenager received a 12-year in prison sentence for several shootings tied to gang activity. Elijah Crawford, 17, was sentenced by a Superior Court judge for his September guilty plea on two counts of Assault […]




Three Sentenced to Prison for Collins Park Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Three people responsible for a home invasion and murder in the Collins Park area near New Castle will spend time in prison after being sentenced in Superior Court. In July 2015, Miguel Taylor, 26, of Wilmington, along with four other people broke into the garage at a home in the 300 block of Martin Drive […]




Home Invasion and Robbery Leads to Over 50 Years in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 17, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for child pornography, rape, drug, and weapons charges A 51-year-old Dover man faces a minimum of 58 years in prison after his conviction for breaking into a home and assaulting and robbing the woman who lived there. Ronald Keis was convicted in a bench trial of Robbery First Degree, Home […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Delaware Department of Justice Files To Shut Down Newark Massage Parlor As Criminal Nuisance

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017

A complaint filed by Attorney General Matt Denn’s office asks the state Superior Court to declare a Newark property housing the Rose Spa massage parlor a criminal nuisance because of prostitution occurring there, and asks for potential closure of the business. As stated in the complaint, the defendants, Stella Family Enterprises, LLC, the owners of […]




Statewide Coalition Releases Funding Plan for Kids

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Community advocates and leaders gathered on Tuesday to announce the Coalition for Delaware’s Kids, with a goal of convincing the State of Delaware to spend $55 million in “one-time” state revenues over four years on programs targeted at improving the lives and futures of low-income children throughout Delaware. The following participants attended the event at […]




Gang Shootings, Drug Network, Murder Lead To Prison Sentences

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, December 1, 2017

Rape of child, home invasion punished with prison terms Also: Home improvement contractor pleads guilty to multiple fraud charges A Wilmington teenager received a 12-year in prison sentence for several shootings tied to gang activity. Elijah Crawford, 17, was sentenced by a Superior Court judge for his September guilty plea on two counts of Assault […]




Three Sentenced to Prison for Collins Park Murder

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Three people responsible for a home invasion and murder in the Collins Park area near New Castle will spend time in prison after being sentenced in Superior Court. In July 2015, Miguel Taylor, 26, of Wilmington, along with four other people broke into the garage at a home in the 300 block of Martin Drive […]




Home Invasion and Robbery Leads to Over 50 Years in Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, November 17, 2017

Other defendants face prison time for child pornography, rape, drug, and weapons charges A 51-year-old Dover man faces a minimum of 58 years in prison after his conviction for breaking into a home and assaulting and robbing the woman who lived there. Ronald Keis was convicted in a bench trial of Robbery First Degree, Home […]