Murder at State Museum Sends Man to Prison
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 30, 2019
Other defendants sentenced on kidnapping, manslaughter, assault, and weapons charges Malcolm Casson, a Dover man who stabbed another man to death on the grounds of a state museum, has pleaded guilty to a 2018 murder. In February 2018, State Police were called to the John Dickinson House off of Kitts Hummock Road in Dover after […]
DOJ Announces String of Home Improvement Fraud Indictments
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Additional victims encouraged to contact Consumer Protection Unit The Delaware Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit today announced three indictments, including separate criminal charges against two brothers, in a series of home improvement frauds targeting older Delawareans. Isaac K. Lovell, 44, of Bear was indicted on July 8, 2019 on charges including Racketeering, Conspiracy to […]
Attorney General Jennings Joins Lawsuit Opposing Trump Administration’s Rule Allowing Prolonged Detention of Children
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that she is joining a lawsuit opposing the Trump Administration’s new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which has governed the treatment of children in immigration custody since 1997. In the complaint before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the coalition argues that the rule eliminates several critical protections […]
Dover Heroin Dealer Sent to Prison
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 23, 2019
DOJ Community Engagement Unit Hosts Back to School Fair A Dover man targeted in a drug investigation after selling heroin to an undercover police officer was sentenced to prison. Deputy Attorney General Gregory Babowal secured the sentence for 26-year-old Javon Young. In January 2019, members of the State Police Kent County Drug Unit and Kent […]
Statement on Beatriz Fana-Ruiz
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The Department of Justice on Tuesday released the following statement: Beatriz Fana-Ruiz recklessly started a fire in the basement of the home where she lived, resulting in the tragic deaths of three Wilmington Fire Department Firefighters and serious injury to another. While her motivation in setting the fire was a reaction to her living conditions, […]
