Delaware Excessive Force Law
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. 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. 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. 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. Raymond Talley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Sale of More Than A Pound of Crystal Methamphetamine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 160 Months in Prison for Attempted Sale of More Than A Pound of Crystal Methamphetamine </h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (03-25-2024 - 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. 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)<h1> United States of America v. Raymond Talley </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Sale of More Than A Pound of Crystal Methamphetamine.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Philadelphia Man Sentenced To 160 Months in Prison for Attempted Sale of More Than A Pound of Crystal Methamphetamine </h2></center></i></fo... More...
$0 (03-26-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Tyron Hines </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i>Washington DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Law Enforcement.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Defendant Hurled Object at Police and Charged Police Line with Stolen Riot Shield </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Texas man was sentenced on March 21, 2024, after he pleaded ... More...
$0 (03-22-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. William Bailey </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Wilmington, Delaware Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted Dover home invasion</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> William Bailey, 39, of Smyrna was sentenced on November 16, 2022 to 10 years in federal prision for his role in an attempted Dover home invasion. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronoun... More...
$0 (11-18-2022 - 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. 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. 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. Hunt Companis, Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware Hunt Companies, Inc. ("Huntâ€), one of the largest providers of privatized military housing to the U.S. Armed Forces, has agreed to a $500,000.00 settlement with the government to resolve allegations of fraud at the Dover Air Force Base arising under the False Claims Act. <br> <br> Hunt provides privatized military housing at Dover Air Force base. For its services, Hunt ... More...
$0 (01-06-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Jose E. Mateo-Nina
Wilmington, Delaware drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose E. Mateo-Nina, age 33 of Wilmington.<br> <br> on May 1, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers identified a parcel being sent from Mexico to Wilmington, Delaware. The parcel contained a wheelchair. A search warrant was obtained for the parcel, and over 600 grams of heroin were disco... More...
$0 (07-03-2021 - 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. Roy Horsey
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> <br> Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Roy Horsey with drug distribution.... More...
$0 (03-23-2020 - 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)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)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)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)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. Turner
The issues before the Court involve Defendant’s Motion to Suppress evidence<br> seized after his traffic stop and arrest. Defendant argues that the arresting officer<br> lacked reasonable suspicion to stop Defendant’s vehicle. Defendant also argues that<br> the arresting officer lacked probable cause to arrest Defendant and accordingly that<br> the weapon and ammunition seized pursuant to a ... More...
$0 (01-09-2016 - DE)SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. PharmAthene
In 2004, SIGA acquired technology for ST-246, an antiviral drug for the treatment of smallpox. At that time, the viability, potential uses, safety, and efficacy of the drug, as well as the likelihood of SIGA obtaining regulatory approval or making sales to the government, were, as is typical in this industry, uncertain. By late 2005, SIGA was running out of money, its largest shareholder, MacAndr... More...
$0 (12-23-2015 - DE)Mary L. Rinnier v.Gracelawn Memorial Park Inc., et al
These are the facts as I find them after trial. The petitioner, Mary L. Rinnier <br> (―Ms. Rinnier‖), is the mother of Laura Bowdoin (―Mrs. Bowdoin‖). Mrs. <br> Bowdoin, who was married to the respondent, George Bowdoin (―Mr. Bowdoin‖), <br> died in Pasco County, Florida on June 19, 2008. Mr. and Mrs. Bowdoin had one <br> daughter, B., who was twelve at the t... More...
$0 (11-24-2015 - DE)Aaron Houseman and Nancy Houseman v. Eric S. Sagerman, et al.
In 1996, Nancy Houseman and her husband Aaron Houseman (together the <br> ―Housemans‖) formed Med-Legal, Inc.,2 which they sold to Universata, Inc. <br> (―Universata,‖ or the ―Company‖) in 2006 for a seven-year stream of payments <br> totaling approximately $9 million.3 In 2009, after the Company had difficulty <br> making their payments, the Housemans and Uni... More...
$0 (11-20-2015 - DE)RAYMOND EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL, LLC v. USA
This protest poses four principal questions. First, did the somewhat imprecise identification of the business entity in MPG’s proposals invalidate the contract award to MPG? Second, were MPG’s “business references” proper sources of past performance data for MPG? Third, did DeCA rate and weigh the past performance data for MPG and IDI as required by the evaluation scheme set forth in th... More...
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