Biden Shuts Down Wilmington Drug Haven
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, June 2, 2008
Wilmington, DE – Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that for the first time in the City of Wilmington, a property has been shut down under Delaware’s Nuisance Abatement Act. At a hearing today in Superior Court a residential property at 1014 Rodman Road in Wilmington’s Canby Park neighborhood was declared the site of drug […]
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.
