Delaware Crime 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. Kimon Burton-Roberson, Jamil Salahuddin, and Stephanie Bultes-Ramirez
Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with kidnapping and murder committed by members of the Shotgun Crips gang. The Shotgun Crips, including targeted the victim, a 35-year-old Wilmington resident, after he and Burton-Roberson became embroiled in a dispute. Shortly after midnight on July 21, 2021, members of the gang—including Burton-Roberson, Sal... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - DE)United States of America v. Donnie Taylor
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> In the early hours of October 17, 2022, Donnie Taylor, of Wilmington, Delaware, conspired with an unnamed juvenile and Kyaire Finch to lure the victim to a New Castle parking lot on the promise of sex. Once there, Taylor and Finch punched the victim in the head and robbed him of his wallet and ... More...
$0 (07-14-2025 - 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. Robert Sloan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transportation for Purposes of Prostitution </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Transportation for Purposes of Prostitution</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Robert Sloan, 48, of Roswell, Geor... More...
$0 (05-07-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Dorsey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Firearms </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Thunderguards Motorcycle Club Member Sentenced For Trafficking Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Robert Dorsey, 47, of New Jersey, was indicted for traffic... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Kimon Burton-Roberson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Kidnapping Resulting in Death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Kimon Burton-Roberson, age 31 of Wilmingt... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Kyle Stevens </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and threatening to kill two women while, in the same timeframe, filing fraudulent applications for pandemic relief loans and laundering the proceeds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former University of Delaware Student Wh... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Tayion Spencer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Armored Truck </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Who Robbed Armored Truck Sentenced To More Than Eight Years Imprisonment</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Tayion Spencer, 32, was arrested by th... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Tayion Spencer </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Armored Truck </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm; Gun was Used in Violent Assault and Armed Robbery </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br... More...
$0 (05-30-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Green </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Man Sentenced to 133 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the D... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Martin Green </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wilmington Man Sentenced to 133 Months in Federal Prison for Selling Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the D... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Javier A. Rodriguez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with devising a plot to engage in interstate murder-for-hire </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Delaware Man Sentenced to 118 Months in Federal Prison for His Murder-For-Hire Plot </h2></center><br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Maurice Devonte Beckham </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Washington, DC Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being Federal Firearms Offenses.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Sentence to Be Served Consecutively to 15-Month Prison Term for Probation Violation </h3></center></i><br> <br> Maurice Devonte Beckham, 22, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (02-26-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America Javier A. Rodriguez </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-For-Hire Plot.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a Wilmington man was sentenced yesterday to 118 months in federal prison fo... More...
$0 (01-12-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Javier A. Rodriguez </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Murder-For-Hire Plot.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a Wilmington man was sentenced to 118 months in federal prison for devising a plot to engage in interstate murder-for-h... More...
$0 (01-12-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Javier A. Rodriguez </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Wilmington, Delaware Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit Murder</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Javier A. Rodriguez, age 47, hired a hitman to murder his ex-wife. Over the course of the investigation, Rodriguez held multiple meetings about the murder plot, which were audio and video recorded ... More...
$0 (01-13-2024 - 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)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. Porfirio Jimenez-Arizmendi
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being an unlawful alien in possession of a firearm and for distribution of methamphetamine.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/delaware/news/wilmington/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Delaware</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> on... More...
$0 (01-10-2023 - 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. Samuel Gulick
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020. <br> <br> Samuel Gulick, of Middletown, was for crimes associated with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020. <br> <br> According to court documents and statements made in open court, at approximat... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Robert Rodriguez
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with selling controlled substances in violation of 18 U.S.C. §841<br> <br> Rodriguez, age 58, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm. <br> <br> On August 10, 2020, FBI conducted a search of the defendant's apartment in the 1300 block of W. 4th Street, Wilmington, Dela... More...
$0 (02-09-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Isaiah Council
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$0 (09-22-2021 - DE)United States of America v. Troy Alexander
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Troy Alexander, age 42, for possession with intent to distribute crack and powder cocaine and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Defendant admitted that for four to five months he obtained approximately a kilogram of cocaine each week for sale. On the day of his arrest, DEA Agents seized approximately 160 g... More...
$0 (07-13-2021 - DE)United States of America v. Angel Ortiz
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and ammunition.<br> <br> Angel Ortiz, 36, was arrested by the New Castle County Police Department on November 29, 2018, after he got out of a car during a traffic stop, ran away, and threw a loaded firearm. The firearm was recovered and found to be a Remington 1911 .45 caliber handgun w... More...
$0 (05-03-2021 - DE)United States of America v. Cornelius Riley
<center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wilmington_DE_FED.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Cornelius Riley with possession and distribution of heroin.<br> <br> In January of 2018, Defendant sold an ounce of heroin to an undercover officer. The Defendant then made arrangements to sell an additional 4.5... More...
$0 (09-03-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Davine Boyce
<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 Davine Boyce, age 21, with carjacking, banishing a firearm and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Wilmington man with carjacking and weapons offenses.<br> <br> Acco... More...
$0 (07-23-2020 - DE)United States of America v. Carl D. Roy
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"><br> </center><br> Wilmington, DE - Drug and Gun Dealer Carl Roy Sentenced To 9.5 Years In Federal Court<br> <br> Carl D. Roy, 34, of Wilmington, Delaware pled guilty to gun and drug offenses. Judge Noreika immediately sentenced Roy to 9.5 years in federal prison. Over the course of one month, in the ... More...
$0 (09-03-2019 - 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. Preston Stewart, a/k/a "Pusha"
Wilmington, DE - Defendant Sent To Prison for Five Years<br> <br> Preston Stewart, a/k/a “Pusha,” 35, of Wilmington, was sentenced to five years’ incarceration by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for two counts of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. <br> <br> According to filings in the case and statements made in open court, St... More...
$0 (05-03-2018 - DE)United States of America v. Thomas Brooks
Wilmington, DE - Federal Gun, Cocaine and Heroin Defendant Sentenced To 15 Years<br> <br> Thomas Brooks, 54, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years’ incarceration on February 28, 2018 by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possessio... More...
$0 (03-18-2018 - 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)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)Parker v. State Of Delaware
This 18th day of February 2016, upon consideration of the briefs of the parties and <br> the record below, it appears to the Court that: <br> (1) The appellant, Myron Parker (“Parker”), filed this appeal from the Superior <br> Court’s June 24, 2015 Sentence Order. He requests that this Court vacate his sentence <br> and remand his case for resentencing. On appeal, Parker asserts that the s... More...
$0 (02-19-2016 - 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...
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