Delaware Child Exploitation 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)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. 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)<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)<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)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)Ebony Adams, et al. v. F&B Associates, Inc., et al.
Wilmington, Delaware employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.<br> <br> "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Setting the Floor for Worker Protections<br> <br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a crucial piece of American legislation that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment s... More...
$0 (12-19-2023 - 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)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. 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. 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. 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. 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)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)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...
$0 (01-06-2016 - DE)Church v. State Of Delaware
This 4th day of January 2016, upon consideration of the appellant’s <br> opening brief, the appellee’s motion to affirm under Supreme Court Rule <br> 25(a),1 and the Superior Court record, it appears to the Court that: <br> (1) The appellant, Michael L. Church, has appealed the Superior <br> Court’s August 18, 2015 summary dismissal of his second motion for <br> postconviction relief under S... More...
$0 (01-05-2016 - DE)Garvin v. State Of Delaware
This 7th day of December 2015, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening <br> brief, the appellant’s motion to affirm, and the record below, it appears to the Court <br> that: <br> (1) The appellant, Donovan J. Garvin, filed this appeal from the Superior <br> Court’s denial of his first motion for postconviction relief. The State of Delaware <br> has filed a motion to affirm the judgm... More...
$0 (12-08-2015 - DE)Glanden v. Quirk
Husband and Wife were married for twenty-two years. They separated in <br> September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6 <br> million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement <br> accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm, <br> earning a substantial income. In May 2... More...
$0 (12-07-2015 - DE)United States of America v. John Thomas Matthew Lee
Wilmington, DE - Former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander and Catholic Priest Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges<br> <br> A former U.S. Navy Lt. Commander and ordained Catholic priest pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> John Thomas Matthew Lee, 50, of Millsboro,... More...
$0 (11-16-2015 - DE)Samuels v. Jowers
The appellant, Carter W. Samuels (“the Father”), filed this appeal <br> from the Family Court’s April 20, 2015 order granting the appellees, Darlene <br> Jowers (“the Maternal Grandmother”) and Casandra Jowers (“the Maternal Great<br> Grandmother” and, with the Maternal Grandmother, “Grandmothers”) visitation of <br> one afternoon a month with the Father’s daughters. We find n... More...
$0 (11-11-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Rogelio Cordero
WILMINGTON, Del. – Rogelio “Roger” Cordero, age 58, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sue L. Robinson to 262 months in federal prison for Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Cordero also was sentenced to a life term of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will be required to continue to register as a sex o... More...
$0 (07-30-2015 - DE)United States of America v. David Matusiewicz, Lenore Matusiewicz and Amy Gonzalez
WILMINGTON, DE – A federal jury has convicted David T. Matusiewicz, his mother, Lenore Matusiewicz, and his sister, Amy Gonzalez, of interstate stalking and cyberstalking, in violation of federal law. The jury also found all three defendants criminally responsible for the death of Christine Belford, who was murdered in the lobby of the New Castle County Courthouse by co-conspirator Thomas Matu... More...
$0 (07-10-2015 - DE)CMS Investment Holdings, LLC v. Lawrence E. Castle
The plaintiff in this action invested in a Delaware limited liability company<br> (―LLC‖) whose business was providing non-legal administrative services to law firms<br> and their mortgage lender clients in connection with mortgage foreclosures. That<br> business was created by the principal defendants: five individuals who practiced law in<br> Colorado and Arkansas. Seeking to monet... More...
$0 (06-23-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Harry K. Roche
WILMINGTON, Del. – Harry K. Roche, age 44, of Millsboro, Delaware, was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison for Production and Transportation of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Roche also was sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will continue to be required to continue to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in... More...
$0 (01-22-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Rogelio “Roger†Cordero
WILMINGTON, Del. – Rogelio "Roger†Cordero, age 58, of New Castle, Delaware, pled guilty today to Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the guilty plea following a hearing in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.<br> <br> Cordero was previously convicte... More...
$0 (03-17-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Harry K. Roche
WILMINGTON, Del. – Harry K. Roche, age 43, of Millsboro, Delaware, pled guilty today to Production and Transportation of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the guilty plea following a hearing in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.<br><br> Roche was previ... More...
$0 (04-04-2014 - DE)United States of America v. Michael J. Barndt
Michael J. Barndt, a/k/a "mikecoach73,†age 40, of Sellersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor, in violation of federal law. Barndt also was sentenced to five years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, wor... More...
$0 (02-25-2014 - DE)United States of America v. Harry K. Roche
Harry K. Roche, age 43, of Millsboro, Delaware, pled guilty today to Production and Transportation of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced the guilty plea following a hearing in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.<br><br> Roche was previously convicted in Delawa... More...
$0 (03-04-2014 - DE)State of Delaware v. Melvin Morse
The State of Delaware charged Melvin Morse, age 60, with three felonies in conjunction with the waterboarding of his companion's daughter. age 11, by holding the child's head under a faucet in 2012. The girl ran away from home and told authorities that she feared his disciplining of her by "waterboarding" her. Prosecutors also alleged that Morse arbitrarily and randomly punished her for behavior ... More...
$0 (02-13-2014 - DE)Brian Elliott v. Marist Brothers of the Schools Inc. et al
Brian Elliott, age 44, sued the Marist Brothers of the Schools Inc., Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, Archdiocese of New York and Brother Damian Galligan on a sexual abuse (civil assault and battery) and negligence theories claiming that he was sexually abused by the priest starting in 1977 and ending in 1985. He claimed that the defendant abused him in at least four states on various ... More...
$2400000 (11-19-2013 - DE)Kenneth W. Morrissey v. Lorraine B. Morrisey
A father filed a motion to modify a child custody and visitation agreement in<br> the Family Court. The trial judge denied the father's motion, holding that contract<br> principles govern the agreement and bar the trial court from modifying<br> unambiguous contract language. On appeal, the father claims that the trial judge<br> erroneously applied contract principles to a custody and visitation ag... More...
$0 (04-18-2012 - DE)Danielle M. Stewart v. Thomas D. Stewart
The respondent-appellant, Danielle M. Stewart (the "Wifeâ€), appeals from a Family Court final judgment in favor of the petitioner-appellee, Thomas D. Stewart (the "Husbandâ€), arising from the Husband's Petition to Modify Alimony and the Wife's Motion for Specific Performance and Rule to Show Cause. In this appeal, the Wife contends that the Family Court erred when it reformed the parti... More...
$0 (03-15-2012 - DE)Jane Doe v. Indian River School District
The Indian River School Board (the "Boardâ€) has a long-standing policy of praying at its regularly-scheduled meetings, which are routinely attended by students from the local school district. Appellants argue that the Board"s policy is unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Board claims that a school board is like a legislative body and that its practice ... More...
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