Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News



  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Attorney General Denn and Volunteer Mentors Host Pizza Party for Local Students

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 23, 2016

Attorney General Matt Denn joined the 18 employees of the Delaware Department of Justice who serve as volunteer mentors at Bancroft and Stubbs Elementary Schools, for a pizza party today with the students involved in the program through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware. The volunteer mentors include staff from all four divisions in the […]




Prosecutors Secure Prison Term for Manslaughter; Convictions in Drug, Robbery, and DUI Cases

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 20, 2016

Deputy Attorneys General Brian Robertson and Dan McBride obtained an 18-year prison sentence for Damiere Harris, 23, of New Castle. Harris pled guilty in March, and was sentenced by the court on his convictions for Manslaughter and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In April 2014, Harris shot Sinque Hagler as […]




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 […]




Department of Justice Seeks Civil Penalties From Owner of Massage Parlors for R.I.C.O. Violations

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016

Department of Justice attorneys filed suit Friday in New Castle County Superior Court against Da Zhong Wang, 52, of Smyrna, seeking civil penalties for violation of racketeering laws for operating massage parlors in the state as fronts for prostitution. As stated in the complaint, Wang owned and operated four massage parlors throughout the State of […]




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 […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Attorney General Denn and Volunteer Mentors Host Pizza Party for Local Students

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, May 23, 2016

Attorney General Matt Denn joined the 18 employees of the Delaware Department of Justice who serve as volunteer mentors at Bancroft and Stubbs Elementary Schools, for a pizza party today with the students involved in the program through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware. The volunteer mentors include staff from all four divisions in the […]




Prosecutors Secure Prison Term for Manslaughter; Convictions in Drug, Robbery, and DUI Cases

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 20, 2016

Deputy Attorneys General Brian Robertson and Dan McBride obtained an 18-year prison sentence for Damiere Harris, 23, of New Castle. Harris pled guilty in March, and was sentenced by the court on his convictions for Manslaughter and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. In April 2014, Harris shot Sinque Hagler as […]




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 […]




Department of Justice Seeks Civil Penalties From Owner of Massage Parlors for R.I.C.O. Violations

Civil Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 16, 2016

Department of Justice attorneys filed suit Friday in New Castle County Superior Court against Da Zhong Wang, 52, of Smyrna, seeking civil penalties for violation of racketeering laws for operating massage parlors in the state as fronts for prostitution. As stated in the complaint, Wang owned and operated four massage parlors throughout the State of […]




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 […]