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  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases


Defendants Face Prison Time for Weapons, Child Pornography, Manslaughter, Carjacking, Burglary

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

A 48-year old Wilmington man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a new conviction related to an attempted stabbing following convictions for multiple previous felonies. In June 2016, Eli Escalera threatened an innocent bystander while holding a knife at a DART bus stop on Route 13 near Memorial Drive in New Castle. The […]




Department of Justice Reissues Guidances to Law Enforcement and Schools on Hate Crimes

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

New Anti-Bullying Video Directed To Students Also Released for New School Year Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn reiterated Friday the Delaware Department of Justice’s position that “Threats and intimidation against our neighbors based on who they are will not be accepted here in Delaware,” and reissued enforcement guidelines from last November to schools and law […]




Touch Money Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

Other defendants facing prison for drug, weapons, home invasion, robbery, and sexual assault charges. Three members of the Touch Money Gang (TMG) received prison sentences Friday related to charges in a 91-count indictment against 13 gang members in September 2015 that included murder, robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs, Periann Doko, […]




Delaware Medicaid Program To Be Reimbursed Almost $900K for Overcharges on EpiPens

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice will join the United States and other states to settle allegations against Mylan Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mylan Specialty L.P. (collectively “Mylan”). The settlement will resolve allegations that Mylan knowingly underpaid rebates owed to the Medicaid program for the drugs EpiPen and EpiPen […]




Notorious Drug Property In Kent County Closed As Criminal Nuisance

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017

Other properties around state closed or individuals banned as part of DOJ focus on properties that are sites of criminal activity. A house that police and prosecutors said was part of an open-air drug market in southern Kent County was recently shut down and the residents evicted after a court declared it to be a […]







  Category: Department of Justice Press Releases

Defendants Face Prison Time for Weapons, Child Pornography, Manslaughter, Carjacking, Burglary

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

A 48-year old Wilmington man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a new conviction related to an attempted stabbing following convictions for multiple previous felonies. In June 2016, Eli Escalera threatened an innocent bystander while holding a knife at a DART bus stop on Route 13 near Memorial Drive in New Castle. The […]




Department of Justice Reissues Guidances to Law Enforcement and Schools on Hate Crimes

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

New Anti-Bullying Video Directed To Students Also Released for New School Year Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn reiterated Friday the Delaware Department of Justice’s position that “Threats and intimidation against our neighbors based on who they are will not be accepted here in Delaware,” and reissued enforcement guidelines from last November to schools and law […]




Touch Money Gang Members Sentenced to Prison

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

Other defendants facing prison for drug, weapons, home invasion, robbery, and sexual assault charges. Three members of the Touch Money Gang (TMG) received prison sentences Friday related to charges in a 91-count indictment against 13 gang members in September 2015 that included murder, robbery, conspiracy and weapons charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs, Periann Doko, […]




Delaware Medicaid Program To Be Reimbursed Almost $900K for Overcharges on EpiPens

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Fraud | Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice will join the United States and other states to settle allegations against Mylan Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mylan Specialty L.P. (collectively “Mylan”). The settlement will resolve allegations that Mylan knowingly underpaid rebates owed to the Medicaid program for the drugs EpiPen and EpiPen […]




Notorious Drug Property In Kent County Closed As Criminal Nuisance

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017

Other properties around state closed or individuals banned as part of DOJ focus on properties that are sites of criminal activity. A house that police and prosecutors said was part of an open-air drug market in southern Kent County was recently shut down and the residents evicted after a court declared it to be a […]