DOJ secures prison sentence for fatal hit and run
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025
A Millsboro man has been sentenced following trial to 17.5 years in prison for multiple convictions, including Manslaughter, stemming from a fatal crash that took three lives and severely injured four others. On January 17, Jason Wilcox, 48, was sentenced in Sussex County Superior Court to 23 years in prison for convictions of Leaving the […]
AG Jennings joins $17 million settlement with Edward Jones
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
The Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”) resulting from a multistate investigation into the broker-dealer’s supervisory failures. Customers paid front-loaded commissions for certain mutual fund shares despite later moving brokerage assets into fee-based investment advisory accounts. “We expect investment firms operating in Delaware to follow […]
AG Jennings takes action to protect Dreamers’ Affordable Care Act access
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Delaware steps in to fill legal void in Court challenge to health care access Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that Delaware, New Jersey, and 12 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal […]
AG Jennings applauds two major gun safety wins
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, January 13, 2025
Attorney General Jennings released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to deny two writs of certiorari, refusing to entertain a challenge to Delaware’s assault weapon and large capacity magazine ban and refusing a challenge to Maryland’s gun licensing law: “This is a huge win for gun safety in our state […]
DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for repeat child pornography offender
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Careers | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 9, 2025
A Wilmington man has received a lengthy prison sentence for child pornography offenses. On December 20, Sheldon Lee, 65, was sentenced to 20 years in prison following convictions of 25 counts of Dealing in Child Pornography and 25 counts of Sex Offender Unlawful Sexual Conduct Against a Child. Lee’s sentence includes a suspended 325-year prison […]
