Delaware Child Support 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)<H2> United States of America ex rel. Verity Investigations, LLC v. Nikon SLM Solutions NA, Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of improperly obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which it was not eligible. PPP was an emergency loan program established by Congress in March 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and adm... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Crandall Speights </h1></h1>
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing checks out of the mail. <br> <br> A Wilmington man was sentenced on September 18, 2025, to 70 months in prison for amassing over $900,000 in fraudulent proceeds through multiple fraud schemes over the course of years. <br> <br> According to court documents, Crandall Speights, 43, drove around neighborhoods... More...
$0 (11-02-2025 - 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. Jady Solano </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Wilmington Tax Preparer Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Wilmington man ... More...
$0 (07-28-2025 - 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. Wagner Rivera-Campusano </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to notify the U.S. government of his change of address, in violation of the Alien Registration Act </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dominican National Sentenced Under Alien Registration Act </h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (05-16-2025 - 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. Julius Bakari </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Health Care Fraud Scheme.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Holy Health Care Services, LLC Owner Sentenced to 3 Years In Federal Prison For Health Care Fraud Scheme </h2></center><br> <br> Julius Bakari, age 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sent... More...
$0 (02-28-2024 - 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)Rachel Delo Ache Williams v. Netflix, Inc.
Rachel DeLoache Williams has sued Netflix, Inc. for defamation based on Netflix's portrayal of Williams in its docudrama series Inventing Anna. D.I. 1 ¶ 1. Inventing Anna tells the story of Anna Sorokin, Williams's one-time friend who "conned the New York elite into believing that [Anna] was a German heiress.†D.I. 1 ¶ 28. Netflix, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of busines... More...
$0 (05-17-2023 - 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)State of Delaware v. Elmer Daniels
Wilmington, DE: On January 15, 1980, a 15-year-old girl reported she had been raped along the railroad tracks in Wilmington, Delaware.<br> <br> School was out that day because of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and the girl, known as G.S., said she had been at a party with some friends. She left about 5 p.m. with a 15-year-old boy, known as K.C., to call a friend from a telephone at a gas ... More...
$0 (01-14-2023 - 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. 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. Pengcheng Lv
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/images/BLD2.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Pengcheng Lv with wire fraud in connection with false representations that he made in a final report to the United States Air Force. <br> <br> Pengcheng Lv is a co-owner of AlphaSense, Inc. (“AlphaSense”), a small techn... More...
$0 (08-03-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Adrian Wood
<center><img width="600" src="https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/images/BLD2.jpg"></center><br> Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Adrian Wood, age 21, with engaging in a civil disorder that obstructed, impeded, or interfered with a law enforcement officer’s lawful duties. <br> <br> If convicted, Wood faces a statutory maximum punishment of up to five years in prison... More...
$0 (06-13-2020 - 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)James R. Adams v. Governor of Delaware
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> James R. Adams is a resident and member of the State Bar of Delaware. For some time, he has expressed a desire to be considered for a judicial position in that state. Following the announcement of several judicial vacancies, Adams considered applying but ultimately chose not to... More...
$0 (04-10-2019 - 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)Federal Trade Commission v. Shire Viropharma, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/BLD2.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Shire ViroPharma, Inc. (“Shire”),1 manufactured and marketed the lucrative drug Vancocin, which is indicated to treat a life-threatening gastrointestinal infection. After Shire got wind that manufacturers were considering making generic equivalents to Vancocin, it inundated the ... More...
$0 (02-26-2019 - DE)James R. Adams v. Governor of Delaware
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/BLD2.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> James R. Adams is a resident and member of the State Bar of Delaware. For some time, he has expressed a desire to be considered for a judicial position in that state. Following the announcement of several judicial vacancies, Adams considered applying but ultimately chose not to beca... More...
$0 (02-06-2019 - 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)Marjo Alberto Lopez Garza v. Citigroup, Inc.
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(d), a district court may order a plaintiff who voluntarily dismisses an action<br> 3<br> and files a second action against the same defendant based upon a claim asserted in the first action to pay the “costs” incurred by the defendant in the first action. The issue presented (one of first impression in this Court) is whether a district court may award a... More...
$0 (02-23-2018 - 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)Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc
The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership <br> agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of <br> which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties <br> Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and <br> as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”)... More...
$0 (04-29-2016 - 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...
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