Attorney General Jennings Announces $35 Million Settlement with Leasing Company Tempoe, LLC
Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, September 11, 2023
Attorney General Jennings announced today a settlement with Tempoe, LLC resolving a multistate investigation into Tempoe’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers across the nation. The multistate investigation—which included 41 states and the District of Columbia—revealed that Tempoe’s marketing and sales practices often misled consumers to believe they were signing up for an installment […]
AG Jennings Warns Seniors Of Uptick In Financial Scam Reports
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
In the wake of an uptick in reports of financial exploitation of seniors, Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the Delaware DOJ’s Investor Protection Unit (“IPU”) is cautioning seniors to be vigilant for scams. Delaware law requires banks, credit unions, and certain other financial institutions to report suspected exploitation of a senior or vulnerable adult to the IPU. […]
DOJ Secures Lengthy Sentence For Pennsylvania Man For Violent Robbery Of Little Italy Resident
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for violent assault and robbery. On August 25, 2023, Zykeem Fields, 23, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by probation, by a Superior Court judge. Fields, who lived part-time in Wilmington, pleaded guilty to felony charges of Assault 1st Degree and Robbery 1st Degree following a brutal attack in 2022. On September 28, 2022, Fields followed […]
DOJ Secures Life Sentence For Delaware Man Who Murdered His Family
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
A Townsend man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four family members. On August 18, Donald Grier Jr., 41, was sentenced to life plus 25 years in prison in New Castle County Superior Court after pleading Guilty But Mentally Ill to one count of Murder 1st Degree and one count […]
DOJ, WPD, and NCCPD Announce Felony Convictions Against NorthPak Defendants
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, August 21, 2023
Over 80 convictions, including 5 murders solved over the last 2 years The Department of Justice has secured 10 new felony convictions—including multiple murder and gun charges— in its long-running case against members of the violent Wilmington-area gang NorthPak, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday. “Our trial team and our partners in Wilmington PD and […]
