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Man To Get At Least 25 Years In Prison For Felton Bank Robbery

Other Recent Convictions For Drugs, Gun, Robbery, Assault A 46-year-old Wilmington man faces 25 years to life in prison after his conviction for a 2011 bank robbery. Deputy Attorneys General Susan Schmidhauser and Ben Snyder secured the guilty verdict for Russell Grimes from a Kent County Superior Court jury. In August 2011, Grimes drove the […]




Life Sentence for Man Convicted of Murder in Wilmington

Sex offenses, drug and gun cases also lead to convictions Additionally: New Castle house deemed Criminal Nuisance, ordered to halt criminal activity or face closure One man was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for a 2015 Wilmington murder, while his accomplice received a sentence of 30 years this morning in New Castle […]




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 […]




Former Middle School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Raping Student

Other defendants face prison time for strangulation, weapon, drug, robbery, and assault charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs and Phillip Casale secured a plea from Gary Smith, 44, of Newark, to Sexual Abuse by a Person in Position of Trust, Authority or Supervision, 1st Degree and two counts of Rape Fourth Degree. While employed as […]







 Pages Tagged With: "superior court"

Man To Get At Least 25 Years In Prison For Felton Bank Robbery

Other Recent Convictions For Drugs, Gun, Robbery, Assault A 46-year-old Wilmington man faces 25 years to life in prison after his conviction for a 2011 bank robbery. Deputy Attorneys General Susan Schmidhauser and Ben Snyder secured the guilty verdict for Russell Grimes from a Kent County Superior Court jury. In August 2011, Grimes drove the […]




Life Sentence for Man Convicted of Murder in Wilmington

Sex offenses, drug and gun cases also lead to convictions Additionally: New Castle house deemed Criminal Nuisance, ordered to halt criminal activity or face closure One man was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for a 2015 Wilmington murder, while his accomplice received a sentence of 30 years this morning in New Castle […]




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 […]




Former Middle School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Raping Student

Other defendants face prison time for strangulation, weapon, drug, robbery, and assault charges. Deputy Attorneys General John Downs and Phillip Casale secured a plea from Gary Smith, 44, of Newark, to Sexual Abuse by a Person in Position of Trust, Authority or Supervision, 1st Degree and two counts of Rape Fourth Degree. While employed as […]