Dover Man to Spend 10 years in Prison for Gun Conviction
Other defendants to serve time for drug charges, rape. A 50-year-old Dover man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for weapons charges. Deputy Attorney General Greg Babowal secured the sentence against Jeffrey Crippen, after securing a conviction during a bench trial in November. Shortly before his arrest, Crippen was released from prison after serving […]
Guilty Pleas In 3 Different Deaths
A 24-year-old Delmar woman will spend the next 15 years in prison for the murder of her child. Deputy Attorneys General Melanie Withers and Rebecca Anderson and Attorney General Matt Denn secured a guilty plea and sentence for Detoshia Spence. In April 2015, Spence reported finding her 3-year-old daughter dead on a couch in her […]
Newark Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Child Rape
Other defendants to serve prison time for rape, weapons, and robbery charges A 33-year-old Newark man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced on a rape charge. Deputy Attorney General Diana Dunn secured the sentence for Jeffrey Richard. Over a three-year period, Richard repeatedly had oral sex with a child […]
Attorney General Names New Director for Department of Justice Family Division
Attorney General Matt Denn announced Friday that Deputy Attorney General Abigail Rodgers Layton has been named the next Director of the Family Division in the Delaware Department of Justice. Layton is currently a prosecutor in the department’s Medicaid Fraud Control unit. A graduate of Gettysburg College and Villanova University School of Law, Layton has worked […]
Sexual Abuse of Children to Result In Long Prison Sentences
Other defendants face prison time for rape, weapons, and robbery charges A 35-year-old Dover man faces life in prison for sexually abusing a teenager. Deputy Attorney General Kathleen Dickerson won a conviction in a bench trial against Eric Curry, 35, of Dover. In November 2015, Curry was caught having sexual intercourse with a minor female […]
