Wilmington Man Enters Guilty Plea for Fatal Shooting
Other defendants face prison time for weapons offenses A 24-year old Wilmington man faces up to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to a fatal shooting. Deputy Attorneys General Abigail Layton and Phillip Casale secured a guilty plea from Levi Blaylock, for Manslaughter, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, […]
Delaware Department of Justice Launches Actual Innocence Project
DOJ initiative seeks to ensure that there are no persons serving time in Delaware prisons who have evidence that establishes their innocence. Attorney General Matt Denn announced Friday that the Delaware Department of Justice has initiated an Actual Innocence Project, designed to ensure that there are no persons serving time in Delaware correctional facilities who […]
Man Behind Paladin Club Murders To Spend Remainder of Life in Prison
Other sentences and convictions obtained for burglary, theft, and fraud charges Christopher Rivers, the mastermind of the Paladin Club murders that took the lives of his business partner Joseph Connell, and Connell’s wife, Olga, was sentenced this morning by New Castle County Superior Court Judge Charles Butler to two terms of natural life in prison, […]
Weapons Charges to Lead to Prison Sentences
Deputy Attorney General Matt Frawley secured a guilty plea from Joshua Chattin, 23, of Wilmington for Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony, Drug Dealing Heroin Tier 4, Conspiracy Second Degree, and Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited. In October 2015, a probation officer doing a home visit at […]
Delaware Department of Justice Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Review Services for Children With Disabilities
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a case from the state of Colorado involving the level of educational services that must be provided to public school students with disabilities. The case, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, is significant because it will be the first time in decades that […]
