AG Jennings, DSP Colonel Zebley Announce Felony Indictment Against Suspended Trooper
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
A Delaware State Trooper has been charged with multiple felonies, including Delaware’s first-ever use of a new Deprivation of Civil Rights statute passed by lawmakers last year, for brutally assaulting a 15-year-old victim and fracturing his orbital socket in response to an apparent prank. The Trooper is suspended without pay. “As a mother and grandmother, […]
Governor Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney Recognize September as Literacy Month in Delaware
Civil Division | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Literacy Month is intended to recognize the extensive efforts of literacy partners to promote reading as an essential skill and a lifelong pleasure.
Investor Protection Unit Puts Pig Butchers On Ice, Again
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023
The Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice has issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist against respondents linked to a cryptocurrency scam known as the “pig butchering scam.” A twist on the typical romance scam, the pig butchering scam is a long-term fraud in which victims are groomed over time to make investments […]
DOJ Secures Decade In Prison For Delaware Man In Fatal Shooting
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 11, 2023
A Wilmington man has been sentenced to prison time for a fatal shooting. On September 1, 2023, Dean Sutton Jr. was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Superior Court Judge for convictions of Manslaughter and Reckless Endangering 1st Degree following an investigation into a 2021 shooting. At trial, Sutton claimed to have acted […]
Federal Court Rules for State, Against Gun Lobby on Landmark Gun Safety Law
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 11, 2023
A federal judge has denied another right-wing challenge to a commonsense gun safety law that allows gun dealers in Delaware to be held accountable in court for the violence they create. This is Attorney General Kathy Jennings’ third consecutive legal win over the gun lobby. Earlier this year, the same federal court ruled against plaintiffs challenging Delaware’s assault weapons ban and large-capacity magazine ban. Both remain in effect, as well. “Sometimes the facts of a case tell you all you need to know,” […]
