DOJ announces early success in child support absconder initiative
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019
The Delaware Department of Justice’s Family Division announced that a new targeting of child support absconders has resulted in location of individuals who collectively owe more than $1 million in child support payments in order for them to begin paying support to their families. Led by Deputy Attorney General Phyllis Scully, Special Investigator William McGillan, […]
Prison for Man Who Murdered His Grandmother
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Department of Justice hosts forum on re-entry after incarceration A 31-year-old Georgetown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his grandmother. Deputy Attorneys General Michael Tipton and Amanda Nyman secured the plea and sentence for George Bailey, III. In October 2018, Bailey choked 69-year-old Lorraine Bradley to death […]
Attorney General Jennings challenges Trump administration’s move to gut asylum seekers’ protections
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019
Coalition of 21 attorneys general argues changes violate federal law and judicial precedent Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined Friday a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from […]
Repeated Rape of Child Leads to Prison for 64-Year-Old
Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019
Murder, vehicular assault, and drug convictions mean prison for other defendants A 64-year-old Felton man was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for raping a child repeatedly over the course of many years starting in the late 1990s. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson secured the sentence for Monte Brown, who in April, pleaded […]
Consumer Protection Unit reaches settlement over foreclosure rescue scam
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Scammers ordered to pay thousands in restitution, barred from offering services in Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Tuesday that the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) has reached a settlement with two California-based companies requiring them to stop advertising and selling mortgage loan modification and debt relief services in Delaware and to provide […]
