Home Improvement Contractor Arrested for Defrauding Delaware Homeowners
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
Department of Justice Consumer Protection Unit asks other potential victims to come forward The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit announced that a New Castle County-based contractor faces criminal charges for defrauding multiple Delaware homeowners. Mario Mareno, 49, doing business as Tradesmen Services, was arrested on Friday, May 13 by the First State Fugitive Task Force […]
Prosecutors Secure Significant Prison Time for Defendants on Child Abuse, Kidnapping, Strangulation, Weapon, and Drug Dealing Charges
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, May 27, 2016
A New Castle man will spend 20 years in prison after being sentenced in New Castle County Superior Court on one count of Sexual Abuse by a Person of Trust First Degree. Deputy Attorney General Jan van Amerongen obtained the sentence for 39-year-old Jair Molina. In February, Molina pled guilty to abusing a girl in […]
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 […]
