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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Department of Justice Prosecutors Secure Guilty Verdict in First Degree Murder Case

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

Maurice Cruz-Webster, 21, of Wilmington, charged with the January 2015 killing of 23-year-old Kyrell Lewis in front of an Arbor Place home in New Castle, was found guilty of First Degree Murder, Reckless Endangering First Degree and two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony by a New Castle County […]




AG Denn Offers Comments on Federal Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Attorney General Matt Denn today offered support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and its proposed guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. In August of last year, Denn released his own plan to address substance use disorders in Delaware, which included a proposal to more tightly regulate the steps that health […]




AG Denn, Community Leaders, Issue Renewed Call For Use Of Bank Settlement Funds To Address Issues In Delaware’s Hardest Hit Neighborhoods

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Attorney General Matt Denn has renewed and revised his proposal to utilize funds from financial crisis settlement to be used for crime prevention, housing, substance abuse treatment, after school and summer school programs, prisoner reentry and education in economically hard hit communities.




Six Individuals Indicted In Five Homicides

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Six defendants were indicted by a New Castle County grand jury on Monday, December 21 in five homicide cases, including three murders from 2015, one from 2014, and what had been a cold case from 2010.




46 Criminal Cases Against Members of Heroin Enterprise Successfully Prosecuted

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015

“Operation Son Sun” investigation concludes with convictions of leaders of one of Delaware’s largest heroin trafficking organizations. Joined by the local and federal law enforcement agencies who successfully worked together to bring down one of the largest heroin trafficking organizations in Delaware history, Attorney General Matt Denn announced Thursday that the prosecutions of “Operation Son […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Department of Justice Prosecutors Secure Guilty Verdict in First Degree Murder Case

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

Maurice Cruz-Webster, 21, of Wilmington, charged with the January 2015 killing of 23-year-old Kyrell Lewis in front of an Arbor Place home in New Castle, was found guilty of First Degree Murder, Reckless Endangering First Degree and two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony by a New Castle County […]




AG Denn Offers Comments on Federal Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Attorney General Matt Denn today offered support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and its proposed guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. In August of last year, Denn released his own plan to address substance use disorders in Delaware, which included a proposal to more tightly regulate the steps that health […]




AG Denn, Community Leaders, Issue Renewed Call For Use Of Bank Settlement Funds To Address Issues In Delaware’s Hardest Hit Neighborhoods

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Attorney General Matt Denn has renewed and revised his proposal to utilize funds from financial crisis settlement to be used for crime prevention, housing, substance abuse treatment, after school and summer school programs, prisoner reentry and education in economically hard hit communities.




Six Individuals Indicted In Five Homicides

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Six defendants were indicted by a New Castle County grand jury on Monday, December 21 in five homicide cases, including three murders from 2015, one from 2014, and what had been a cold case from 2010.




46 Criminal Cases Against Members of Heroin Enterprise Successfully Prosecuted

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2015

“Operation Son Sun” investigation concludes with convictions of leaders of one of Delaware’s largest heroin trafficking organizations. Joined by the local and federal law enforcement agencies who successfully worked together to bring down one of the largest heroin trafficking organizations in Delaware history, Attorney General Matt Denn announced Thursday that the prosecutions of “Operation Son […]