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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


DOJ Consumer Protection Unit Warns Delawareans About Scam Utility Calls

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2019

The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) warns Delawareans to be wary of threatening collection calls purporting to be from Delmarva Power. The callers allege that the consumer has an overdue balance and threaten to have utility services shut off within minutes if large sums of money are not provided. The callers demand these […]



Delaware Joins National Suit Against Trump Administration’s Title X “Gag Rule”

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 4, 2019

Rule change threatens funding for Delaware clinics serving thousands of patients WILMINGTON – Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that Delaware will join 19 sister states and the District of Columbia in a national lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s new “gag rule” altering the federal Title X family planning program. The suit, which is […]



Attorney General Jennings Announces Independent Review of Hair Evidence in Some Pre-2000 Convictions

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 4, 2019

WILMINGTON – Citing the FBI’s acknowledgement of a decades-long pattern of flawed testimony from one of its forensic units, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that the Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated an independent review of criminal convictions involving potentially questionable hair evidence. The FBI regularly used microscopic hair comparison analysis as a […]



Guilty Pleas for Bank Robber and Drug Dealer

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019

A 49-year-old Townsend man has pled guilty to robbing a Middletown bank. Deputy Attorney General Rebecca Song secured the plea from Nathaniel Lester with the assistance of social worker Crystal Pitts. Detective Julia Fabbroni of the Middletown Police Department was the Chief Investigating Officer. In November 2018, Lester walked into the Fulton Bank branch in […]



Wells Fargo Consumer Redress Review Program Mandated By National Settlement With AGs Starts

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Program allows consumers, who have not been made whole through other remediation programs, to have inquiry reviewed by escalation team Wells Fargo has begun a consumer redress review program through which consumers who have not yet been made whole through other remediation programs already in place can seek to have their inquiry or complaint reviewed […]






  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

DOJ Consumer Protection Unit Warns Delawareans About Scam Utility Calls

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 5, 2019

The Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) warns Delawareans to be wary of threatening collection calls purporting to be from Delmarva Power. The callers allege that the consumer has an overdue balance and threaten to have utility services shut off within minutes if large sums of money are not provided. The callers demand these […]



Delaware Joins National Suit Against Trump Administration’s Title X “Gag Rule”

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 4, 2019

Rule change threatens funding for Delaware clinics serving thousands of patients WILMINGTON – Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that Delaware will join 19 sister states and the District of Columbia in a national lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump Administration’s new “gag rule” altering the federal Title X family planning program. The suit, which is […]



Attorney General Jennings Announces Independent Review of Hair Evidence in Some Pre-2000 Convictions

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Monday, March 4, 2019

WILMINGTON – Citing the FBI’s acknowledgement of a decades-long pattern of flawed testimony from one of its forensic units, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Monday that the Delaware Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated an independent review of criminal convictions involving potentially questionable hair evidence. The FBI regularly used microscopic hair comparison analysis as a […]



Guilty Pleas for Bank Robber and Drug Dealer

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019

A 49-year-old Townsend man has pled guilty to robbing a Middletown bank. Deputy Attorney General Rebecca Song secured the plea from Nathaniel Lester with the assistance of social worker Crystal Pitts. Detective Julia Fabbroni of the Middletown Police Department was the Chief Investigating Officer. In November 2018, Lester walked into the Fulton Bank branch in […]



Wells Fargo Consumer Redress Review Program Mandated By National Settlement With AGs Starts

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Program allows consumers, who have not been made whole through other remediation programs, to have inquiry reviewed by escalation team Wells Fargo has begun a consumer redress review program through which consumers who have not yet been made whole through other remediation programs already in place can seek to have their inquiry or complaint reviewed […]