Crime

Attorney General Kathy Jennings has signed a  letter with 32 Attorneys General, led by Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Mexico, and Vermont, urging Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Walmart, and Craigslist to more rigorously monitor price gouging practices...

United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jerel Andre Williams, 37, of Mansfield, Texas, was charged with nine counts of mail fraud and 2 counts of filing a false tax return. Prosecutors said the...

A judicial emergency has been declared by the Delaware court system following the governor’s state of emergency declaration regarding coronavirus. The order aims to reduce the hundreds of people who come to the state’s courthouses...

Two Delaware residents are among the 27 charged with a scheme administering performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses.  The practice is commonly known as doping, with a court filing indicating that snake venom is one of the...

An Ellendale woman is facing numerous charges after two people were stuck by a vehicle in the Milford Walmart parking lot over the weekend. On the afternoon of March, 7  officers from the Milford Police...

The  Delaware Department of Justice’s Consumer and Investor Protection Units are reminding consumers and investors in Delaware to beware of con artists seeking to capitalize on fear and uncertainty. “Con artists see opportunity in people’s...

A federal grand jury has indicted the former President and CEO  of Cecil Bank, Elkton, MD. Mary Beyer Halsey,  59, of Rising Sun, MD faces federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud,...

Crystal Martin, a former Associate Registrar at Delaware State University, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for her role in an in-state tuition scam. According to court documents and statements made in open...

Delmarva Power continues to receive reports of scam activity in its service area. One of the latest involves a caller claiming a rebate is available. In some cases, the caller ID will indicate that the...

A federal grand jury returned an indictment on February 13, 2020, charging a Baltimore, Maryland woman with one count of theft from a Wilmington company receiving federal funds. According to the indictment, April Pritchett, 37,...