AG Jennings sues U.S. DOJ to challenge new restrictions on federal funding for crime survivors
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, October 3, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to block new restrictions on federal funding that supports survivors of domestic violence and other violent crimes. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Rhode Island, challenges a […]
DOJ joins Federal Trade Commission, coalition of 19 states to stop deceptive fundraising scheme
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 19 States, have acted to stop a deceptive cancer charity fundraising scheme. Kars-R-Us.com and its operators raised millions but only a fraction of donations went to fund breast cancer screenings, the FTC and states allege. Kars-R-Us.com, Inc. (Kars) and its operators, Michael […]
DOJ secures convictions, sentencing in college campus gun death
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Two Dover men have been convicted for their involvement in a lethal shooting that occurred at Delaware State University in April of last year. Damien Hinson, 19, and Destry Jones, 22, pled guilty to a range of charges following their indictments for the death of Camay Mitchell DeSilva. On September 22, 2025, Hinson pled guilty […]
AG Jennings wins preliminary injunction against Trump’s illegal attempts to defund Head Start and other programs
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, September 19, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has announced a major victory against the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to defund Head Start and other programs in Delaware. On Wednesday, September 10, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island entered a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration, blocking them from implementing rule changes to the […]
DOJ secures sentencing for fatal drug dealing
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
A Newark man has been sentenced for his involvement in two drug distribution cases, one of which was linked to a fatality. On August 29, 2025, Naquan Watson, 27, was sentenced to 4 years or prison time followed by descending levels of probation for two counts of Manufacture/Deliver/Possession with Intent to Deliver, a class D […]
