Delaware Child Abuse Law
State of Delaware v. John Taggart
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Dangerous Crimes Against a Child. In June 2022, the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington received an anonymous complaint alleging that John Taggart ("Defendant") sexually abused multiple complainants between May 1, 1995, and June 15, 1996 while working as a priest at St. Thomas the Apostle church in Wilmington. ... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - DE)United States of America v. Jamar Greeter, Jada Hasty and Khloe Gregory
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking a minor. Jamar Geeter, 38, of California. contacted the minor victim through social media. When the victim told Geeter that she had a difficult home life, Geeter promised to help her and convinced her to travel from her home in North Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once the victim ar... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - DE)<H2> United States of America v. David Morrison, Jr.
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material (or CSAM).... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - DE)In re: Boy Scouts of America, et al., Debtors
Wilmington, Delaware, bankruptcy lawyers represented the parties.<br> <br> The Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice (the "Coalitionâ€), an ad hoc group of sexual abuse tort claimants who participated in the bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts of America and Delaware BSA, LLC (the "Debtorsâ€), appeals the District Court's order affirming the Bankruptcy Court's order denying the Coalition's req... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - DE)United States of America v. John Peddicord
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Over the course of about eighteen months, Peddicord raped and sexually assaulted two children with the consent of their mother, whom he was dating. Peddicord also paid the mother for nude pictures of the children. A grand jury returned an indictment charging... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Dr. Shayasta S. Mufti </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of health care fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> United States Files False Claim Act Complaint Against Delaware Medical Provider</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Acting Un... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Sandra Jackson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of Health Care Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Delaware Nurse Practitioner Resolves Health Care Fraud Allegations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Acting U.S. At... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Darius Matylewich </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Delaware Man Sentenced To 240 Months For Coercing 11-Year-Old New Jersey Resident To Travel To Delaware For Sexual Activity</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/col... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - DE)In re: Boy Scots of America and Delaware BSA, LLC
Wilmington, Delaware person injury and bankruptcy lawyers represented the creditors in the Boy Scots of America bankruptcy.<br> <br> The ranks of the Boy Scouts of America's ranks has had a history of sexual abuse. For decades, that abuse permeated scouting programs, ranging from single instances of harassment to serial offenses of sexual penetration. In recent years, more and more brave victims o... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Kealty </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion/Enticement of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Smyrna Detective Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion/Enticement of a Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Michael Kealty, of Ma... More...
$0 (03-25-2025 - DE)<h2? Alicia A. Cohen v. Ronald A. Cohen
Wilmington, Delaware personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendant claiming sexual abuse.<br> <br> Alicia A. Cohen alleged that her father, Ronald A. Cohen, began sexually abusing her at the age of three. The<br> alleged attacks stopped in 1992, and by 1995, Ms. Cohen no longer recalled the abuse. Eighteen years later, Ms. Cohen<br> "[g]radually†developed "confusin... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Paul Francis Blaisse, </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> As early as 2011, Paul Francis Blaisse, 65, of Walkersville, en... More...
$0 (07-31-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. James Pickett </h1></center
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Bear Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Second Conviction Involving Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Delaware resident was sen... More...
$0 (03-28-2024 - DE)Elmer Daniels v. United States of America, et al.
Wilmington, Delaware personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Federal Tort Claim Act civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <h2>The Complaint</h2><br> <br> <br> Plaintiff Elmer Daniels, by his undersigned attorneys, files this Complaint against the United<br> States of America, Michael P. Malone, the City of Wilmington, Philip Saggione III, and John Does<br> ... More...
$0 (12-11-2020 - DE)Alexander Wimbush v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., et al.
Wilmington, Delaware personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory.<br> <br> "Delaware personal injury negligence law governs situations where someone gets hurt due to another party's carelessness or failure to act reasonably. Here's a breakdown of key aspects:<br> <br> Duty of care: Property owners, businesses, and individuals all have a duty of ca... More...
$0 (01-08-2024 - DE)United States of America v. Hunter Biden
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with making misrepresentations on an application to fire are firearm and failure to pay taxes on $1.5 million in income in 2014 and 2015. <br> <br> 18:922(g)(3), which provides:<br> <br> <br> (g) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment f... More...
$0 (07-26-2023 - DE)Elmer Daniels v. United States of America, et al.
Plaintiff Elmer Daniels, by his undersigned attorneys, files this Complaint against the United<br> States of America, Michael P. Malone, the City of Wilmington, Philip Saggione III, and John Does<br> 1-10 for violating his rights and causing his wrongful incarceration. He alleges as follows:<br> INTRODUCTION<br> 1. In 1980, Elmer Daniels, an 18-year-old black male, was wrongfully convicted of<br> ... More...
$0 (07-06-2023 - DE)United States of America v. Teres Tinnin
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to stake and stalking.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wilmington_DE_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Wilmington, Delaware"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Wilmington, Delaware<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://... More...
$0 (03-02-2023 - DE)United States of America v. Frank R. Bucklew
Wilmington, Delaware criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to get pornographic photographs from a minor.<br> <br> Frank R. Bucklew, 57, spoke through a dating application with an undercover police officer who he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. He had detailed sexual discussions with her and repeatedly asked that she send him pornographic images of herself. Mr. Buck... More...
$0 (10-03-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Thomas E. Noble
Wilmington, Delaware criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.<br> <br> A grand jury indicted Noble in February 2018 on one<br> count of attempted receipt of child pornography by someone<br> previously convicted of a child pornography offense, in<br> violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2), 2252(b)(1) and<br> 2256(2)(A), and one count of possession ... More...
$0 (08-02-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Anthony Jones
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with trafficking minor and young adult victims throughout the mid-Atlantic region.<br> <br> Anthony Jones, 38, of Wilmington, Delaware, was convicted by a federal jury in April 2019 following a 14-day trial. Jones was found guilty of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors by force, fraud or coercion, and of sex ... More...
$0 (06-03-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Goodfish Enterprises, LLC; Reliant Property Management Company; and Christopher Lukacs
Wilmington, Delaware civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of violating the Federal Tort Claims Act by charging the Federal Government excess rent.<br> <br> Goodfish Enterprises, LLC; Reliant Property Management Company; and Christopher Lukacs have agreed to pay $430,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act during their participation in the U.S. Departmen... More...
$0 (05-02-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Connections Community Support Programs, Inc.
Wilmington, DE: False Claims Act Qui Tam lawyers represented the United States claiming that Connections Community Support Programs, Inc. alleging health care fraud arising under the federal False Claims Act and violations of the Controlled Substances Act. Prior to the sale of its assets in bankruptcy, CCSP provided a variety of mental health and addiction treatment services at numerous locations... More...
$15000000 (09-02-2021 - DE)United States of America v. Joseph J. Leonetti, Jr.
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing prepubescent child pornography.<br> <br> Joseph J. Leonetti, Jr., Former Union President of the Wilmington Fire Department, pled guilty before the Honorable Colm F. Connolly to possessing prepubescent child pornography, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware. Mr. Leonetti faces... More...
$0 (04-23-2021 - DE)United States of America v. Walmart, Inc. (Wal-Mart)
Wilmington, DE - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis. <br> <br> The complaint alleges that this unlawful conduct resulted in hundre... More...
$0 (12-23-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Thomas Noble
Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Thomas Noble with possession of child porn.<br> <br> A New Castle, Delaware man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possessing and attempting to receive child pornography, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware.<br> <br> On October 24, 2019, a federal jury for the District of Delaware found Thomas Noble, ... More...
$0 (03-03-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Crystal Martin
Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Crystal Martin with accepting bribes.<br> <br> Crystal Martin, former Associate Registrar at Delaware State University, was sentenced to 15 months’ incarceration. <br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in open court, between 2013 and 2017, Martin accepted bribes from co-defendant Stephen Williams in order to change the re... More...
$0 (02-24-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Breyon Richardson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"><br> </center><br> Wilmington, DE - Federal Alum Gets Additional 3.5 Years for Attempted Illegal AR-15 Rifle Purchase<br> <br> Breyon Richardson, age 28, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for illegally aiding and abetting attempted illegal purchases of an AR-15 ri... More...
$0 (04-13-2019 - DE)Tamra N. Robinson v. First State Community Action Agency
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Tamra Robinson was told by her manager Karen Garrett that her work performance was so poor that “you either don’t know what you’re doing, or you have a disability, or [you’re] dyslexic.” Taking Garrett’s words seriously, Robinson, who had never before considered the... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - DE)T Mobile Northeast, LLC v. City of Wilmington, Delaware
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> No one likes bad cell phone reception or slow streaming data on their smartphone, ... More...
$0 (01-10-2019 - DE)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AMY GONZALEZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID MATUSIEWICZ <table> <td>
David Matusiewicz1 and Christine Belford were married from 2001 to 2006, during which time they had three children, L.M.1, L.M.2, and K.M.1 (the “children”). The couple and their children also lived with Belford’s one child from a previous marriage, K.M.2.2 After their divorce, Belford and David engaged in a bitter custody dispute, during which David accused Belford of being an unfit mothe... More...
$0 (09-09-2018 - DE)United States of America v. Candy Miller <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Wilmington, DE - Psychic Reader Sentenced For Tax Return Scheme<br> <br> Candy Miller, age 40, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced on July 12, 2018 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark for filing a false tax return to one year and one day of incarceration. <br> <br> According to statements made at sentencing and documents filed in court, Miller, who operated a Psychic Readings bu... More...
$0 (07-23-2018 - DE)United States of America v. Paul Hursey
Wilmington, DE - State Corrections Officer Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs and Cell Phones Into the J.T. Vaughn Correctional Center<br> <br> Paul Hursey, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced on January 3, 2017 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark to 30 months incarceration. Hursey previously had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. <br> <... More...
$0 (01-14-2018 - DE)United States of America v. John B. Alwood
Wilmington, DE - Delaware Man Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case<br> <br> John B. Alwood pled guilty to one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography depicting a prepubescent child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.<br> <br> Alwood, 54, of Lewes, Delaware, pled guilty before Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court of Delaware on December 18, 2017. According t... More...
$0 (12-28-2017 - DE)In Re: Trump Entertainment Resorts
The facts giving rise to this appeal are undisputed. The Debtors own and operate the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The casino employs 2,953 employees, 1,467 of whom are unionized. UNITE HERE Local 54 is the largest of the employee unions, representing 1,136 employees. The most recent CBA between the Union and Taj Mahal was negotiated in 2011 for a three-year term. It co... More...
$0 (04-03-2016 - DE)United States of America v. David Matusiewicz and Thomas Matusiewicz and Lenore Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez
Three Members of Matusiewicz Family Receive Life Sentences<br> <br> WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Kevin L. Perkins, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Division, and Nathaniel McQueen, Jr., Colonel, Delaware State Police, announced today that United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh senten... More...
$0 (02-18-2016 - DE)STATE OF DELAWARE v. LUIS REYES
The bodies of Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe were discovered in a wooded area of Rockford Park in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 21, 1996. Nearly four years later, on December 6, 1999, Luis Reyes ("Reyes") and Luis Cabrera ("Cabrera") were indicted as co-defendants for the murders of Saunders and Rowe ("Rockford Park Murders").1 The State sought the death penalty for both Reyes and Cabrera in ... More...
$0 (03-13-2016 - DE)State of Delaware v. Oneill Rose
Presently before the court is Defendant’s motion for post <br> conviction relief ostensibly filed on June 20, 2014. In that motion <br> Defendant did not assert any claims for relief. Instead he stated <br> that “Movant cannot discern substantial grounds for relief. Movant <br> speaks broken (Jamaica origin) English and does not read English <br> well.” According to Defendant, his ground... More...
$0 (01-29-2016 - DE)Franks v. State Of Delaware
In 1992 Jermaine Wright was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, Robbery<br> in the First Degree, and related weapons offenses for his involvement in what was<br> known as the Hi-Way Inn murder/robbery. The Superior Court imposed the death<br> penalty for his conviction of Murder in the First Degree. Prior to trial, Wright moved<br> to suppress a statement he had given to police. He alleged... More...
$0 (01-13-2016 - DE)Church v. State Of Delaware
This 4th day of January 2016, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellee’s motion to affirm under Supreme Court Rule 25(a),1 and the Superior Court record, it appears to the Court that: (1) The appellant, Michael L. Church, has appealed the Superior Court’s August 18, 2015 summary dismissal of his second motion for postconviction relief under Superior Court Criminal Ru... More...
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