Denise Brown was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and 60 months for submitting a false claim to the Small Business Administration (SBA), to run concurrently. Brown was accused of leading the Jamar Jackson drug trafficking organization that milled and packaged drugs in Bear and King of Prussia. The organization had...
The Delaware Senate passed two marijuana legalization bills by a decisive margin. The measures go to Gov. John Carney who vetoed similar bills last year.
One bill that takes away penalties for possessing marijuana passed by a 16-4 margin, with the legalization and regulation bill passed by a 15-5 margin.
Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network (Delaware CAN) and Delaware NORML praised...
A Dover woman was arrested after she displayed a handgun at a Dewey Beach restaurant.
At 12:46 p.m. the Dewey Beach Police was dispatched to the Lighthouse Restaurant.
Officers were told that a female brandished a firearm in a non-threatening manner and was still in the establishment. Dewey Beach Police were assisted by Rehoboth Beach officers....
The message from readers of our newsletter is loud and clear. Despite concerns over impaired driving, health, and workplace issues, the legalization of recreational marijuana enjoys widespread support.The findings track with previous polls over the years that have shown residents strongly favoring legalization. Still, the nearly two-thirds margin is surprising since businesspeople would face workplace challenges arising from legal...
The Delaware House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would legalize the sale of recreastional marijuana.
Sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski, House Bill 2 would create a legal framework to regulate the cultivation, sale, and possession of marijuana, provide opportunities for small businesses to be licensed, and ensure people living in areas disproportionately affected by the prohibition of marijuana have...
Three individuals have been indicted for operating massage businesses tied to human trafficking, prostitution, tax evasion and unemployment benefit fraud.
On February 27, a New Castle County grand jury charged Xui Li Kong, 57, Jing Zhang, 40, and Hua Li, 59, with one count each of Criminal Racketeering, Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Racketeering, Human Trafficking, Promoting Prostitution...
Teres Tinnin, 39, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, five years for conspiracy to stalk, and 10 years for stalking in bungled murder for hire attempts that led to a woman's homicide and a child sufferiing a disabling gunshot wound.
According to court documents, Tinnin worked with at least five co-conspirators—Ryan Bacon, Donte Sykes, Dion Oliver, Maurice...
A woman from Bear is facing nine years in prison for her role in a husband-wife drug trafficking and money laundering drug operation that included an underground bunker.
Shakira Martinez was sentenced for money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and structuring bank transactions following a jury verdict in July 2022.
Martinez was convicted with her husband, Omar Colon, who was...
Charges are planned in Delaware for Michael Tyler Joseph, 32, of Fruitland, MD, for felony Home Improvement Fraud when he is extradited to Delaware from Maryland. Joseph is currently jailed in Maryland, and he is wanted in Delaware for defrauding a family out of over $23,000 throughout the past year.
On January 6, an Ocean View family reported ...
he Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security Division of Gaming Enforcement and the Seaford Police Department conducted two search warrants within the city of Seaford in connection with illegal lottery operations.
An investigation by Delaware State Police detectives assigned to the Division of Gaming Enforcement identified two residences that were operating a lottery numbers game within the home. Police...
Delaware State Police are seeking information on a case of debit card fraud.
On January 13th and 14th, a female suspect went to three Artisans’ Bank locations to conduct withdrawals. The suspect was in possession of an Artisans’ Bank customer’s debit card and identification, apparently stemming from a theft from a motor vehicle in Glen Mills, PA.
Anyone with information...
Drugs, linked to Mexican cartels, packaged in Bear and King of Prussia
Denise Brown was sentenced yesterday to 144 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and 60 months for submitting a false claim to the Small Business Administration. The sentences will run concurrently. Brown was also ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution to the SBA. ...
The Delaware State Police arrested Ryan Book, 28, of Newark on charges of threatening his coworkers with a handgun.
On January 7, at 11:38 a.m., troopers were called to the Furniture Barn at 791 South Dupont Highway in New Castle.
Troopers were told that Book, an employee of the business, had been involved in a heated argument with a 50-year-old man...
Former Delaware State Trooper Jamal Merrell, 32, of Newark, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for civil rights violations related to the theft of items from a shipping company.
According to court documents, Merrell stole various electronic items while on duty from TotalTransLogistics, an international reshipping company in New Castle. Merrill claimed he was conducting a fraud investigation. Merrell...
Newark Police Department Chief of Police Paul Tiernan announced that he will retire effective Jan. 31.
Tiernan was hired in September 2007 after a law enforcement career in Teaneck, NJ. Tiernan was first sworn in as a police officer in 1980 and advanced through the ranks before becoming chief of the Teaneck Police Department in 2003, a position...
