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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


AG Jennings Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of a multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the settlement, Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices using a dynamic risk-based approach, provide certain […]




Overdose Review Commission releases 2023 annual report

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

The Delaware Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission (DOFRC) has released its third annual report to Governor John Carney and the General Assembly, announced Attorney General Kathy Jennings. The report examines a sample of 148 cases from fatal overdoses that occurred in 2021, and includes data collected from death certificates, medical records, legal records, and treatment history.  The […]




Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2024

A New Castle County judge has sentenced Calvin Ushery for multiple convictions stemming from the 2022 robbery at Solid Gold Jewelers and brutal assault of the then 67-year-old shop owner. On September 3, Ushery, 40, was declared a Habitual Offender and sentenced to 40 years in prison followed by probation for convictions of Robbery First Degree, […]




DOJ secures lengthy prison sentences for individuals involved in brutal murder

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Two individuals have been sentenced in connection with a 2020 missing person investigation turned murder case that crossed state lines. On August 28, Leonard Church of Henderson, Maryland and Esther Wright AKA Esther Hurtado-Chavez, of Clayton, were sentenced in Kent County Superior Court. Church, 43, was sentenced to 90 years of prison, suspended after 65 […]




DOJ secures life plus ten years for deadly gun offender

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

A Wilmington man has been sentenced to life plus ten years in prison for convictions stemming from the fatal shooting of Thaddeus Blackman in 2023.     On August 16, Kevin Berry, 34, was sentenced to life plus an additional 10 years in prison for convictions of Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

AG Jennings Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of a multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the settlement, Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices using a dynamic risk-based approach, provide certain […]




Overdose Review Commission releases 2023 annual report

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

The Delaware Drug Overdose Fatality Review Commission (DOFRC) has released its third annual report to Governor John Carney and the General Assembly, announced Attorney General Kathy Jennings. The report examines a sample of 148 cases from fatal overdoses that occurred in 2021, and includes data collected from death certificates, medical records, legal records, and treatment history.  The […]




Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, September 5, 2024

A New Castle County judge has sentenced Calvin Ushery for multiple convictions stemming from the 2022 robbery at Solid Gold Jewelers and brutal assault of the then 67-year-old shop owner. On September 3, Ushery, 40, was declared a Habitual Offender and sentenced to 40 years in prison followed by probation for convictions of Robbery First Degree, […]




DOJ secures lengthy prison sentences for individuals involved in brutal murder

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Two individuals have been sentenced in connection with a 2020 missing person investigation turned murder case that crossed state lines. On August 28, Leonard Church of Henderson, Maryland and Esther Wright AKA Esther Hurtado-Chavez, of Clayton, were sentenced in Kent County Superior Court. Church, 43, was sentenced to 90 years of prison, suspended after 65 […]




DOJ secures life plus ten years for deadly gun offender

Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

A Wilmington man has been sentenced to life plus ten years in prison for convictions stemming from the fatal shooting of Thaddeus Blackman in 2023.     On August 16, Kevin Berry, 34, was sentenced to life plus an additional 10 years in prison for convictions of Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During […]