Attorney General Biden Takes Another Step in the Fight Against Child Predators
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wilmington, DE – In order to give prosecutors the power to put child predators away for longer periods of time, Attorney General Beau Biden announced that the Delaware Department of Justice has drafted legislation to strengthen penalties for sexual offenses against children. The legislation, introduced as House Bill 421 by Representative Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth), increases […]
ATTORNEY GENERAL BIDEN PROTECTS ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MEDICATION
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Wilmington, DE – Today Attorney General Beau Biden announced that Delaware consumers and the State will receive at least $165,000 following an investigation involving consumer protection claims against Express Scripts Inc., a nationwide pharmacy benefits management company. As a result of the investigation, Express Scripts will make considerable changes to its business practices and pay […]
Attorney General Biden Takes Action to Protect Children Online
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Friday, May 9, 2008
Attorney General Beau Biden today announced that social networking website
Facebook has agreed to implement changes that better protect children
Biden Announces New Environmental Protection Measures
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
At a press conference on Monday, April 28 at Fox Point State Park, Attorney
General Beau Biden announced that the Delaware Department of Justice is taking steps to push for
tougher environmental protection laws and enhance enforcement of existing statutes. Biden was
joined by State Senator David McBride, sponsor of legislation that would increase the penalties for
a range of illegal dumping and other environmental pollution, and Secretary John Hughes of the
State’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, who underscored the
statewide coordination of anti-pollution efforts.
Attorney General Beau Biden Secures Criminal Conviction in Environmental Dumping Case
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Family | Date Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III announced today that Everrett E. Thomas, of Hurlock,
Md. has been convicted of illegally transporting solid waste without a permit and of illegally dumping
clam waste in the Marshy Hope Wildlife Area in Sussex County. Thomas was convicted on April 16
by a jury in Sussex County Superior Court and faces incarceration, fines and restitution when he is
sentenced by Judge E. Scott Bradley in June.
