Delaware Illegal Reentry Law
<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)<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. 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)State of Delware v. John McCurdy </center
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs.<br> <br> Legal issue Was the anonymous tip sufficiently corroborated to establish probable cause through a canine sniff detecting drugs in the defendant's storage unit?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH AND SEIZURE. The court addressed whether an anonymous tip regardin... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. Philip Epps </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm and Drug Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pennsylvania Man Convicted of Firearm and Drug Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Philip Epps, age 36, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was arrested on... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - 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. James Richard Smith III </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wilmington, Delaware Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></ceDavid C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced that a Delaware man <br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaw... More...
$0 (01-31-2024 - DE)<h1> United States of America v. James Richard Smith III </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged withDrug Distribution and Firearm Possession.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced that a Delaware man was sentenced on Monday to 135 months in f... More...
$0 (01-31-2024 - DE)United States of America v. Elroy Arano-Ramon
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.c. 1326, which provides:<br> <br> (a) In generalSubject to subsection (b), any alien who—<br> (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding... More...
$0 (12-19-2023 - DE)United States of America v. Olugbenge Lawal
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.<br> <br> Olugbenga Lawal was a member of a Nigerian-based criminal organization that victimized individuals and businesses across the United States through internet-based fraud schemes, including romance fraud and business email compromises, and laundered the proceeds of those fra... More...
$0 (08-16-2023 - 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)United States of America v. Jacquez Williams
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On September 23, 2020, Jaquez Williams, age 28, from Wilmington, Delaware, a convicted felon, possessed a loaded semiautomatic pistol when the car he was driving was stopped for a traffic violation. While on bail for the September 23 offense, the defenda... More...
$0 (12-13-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Michael Younger
Wilmington, Delaware criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with selling deadly fentanyl despite knowing that the drugs he sold were causing overdose deaths.<br> <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/delaware/news/wilmington/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Wilmington</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> <br> <br> Mi... More...
$0 (12-01-2022 - DE)United States of America v. Leon Ransom
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, as well as possession of ammunition by a person prohibited. <br> <br> Leon Ransom, 31, was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEAâ€) after multiple sales of methamphetamine and a separate sale of fentanyl to a DEA confidential sourc... More...
$0 (04-11-2022 - 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. 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. 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. Imanuel Villalaba and Hayley Carello
Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.<br> <br> Imanuel Villalba, 22, of New Castle, Delaware, was charged with being a major methamphetamine trafficker. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Villalba was routinely getting shipments of 40 pounds of methamphetamine per week from California. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his suppl... More...
$0 (05-13-2021 - 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)Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg.png"><br> </center><br> Weih Chang appeals the District Court’s orders dismissing his complaint under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and its Delaware counterpa... More...
$0 (09-13-2019 - 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. Zahid Aslam
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"><br> </center><br> Wilmington, DE - Former Delaware Physician Sentenced To 30 Months Imprisonment For Making A False Statement To A Financial Institution<br> <br> Zahid Aslam, age 46, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced to a 30-month prison sentence for making a false statement to a financial instituti... More...
$0 (06-13-2019 - 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)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)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. Joseph L. Capano
Wilmington, DE - Delaware Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 21 Months For Bank Fraud and Environmental Violation<br> <br> Joseph L. Capano, age 75, of Middletown, Delaware, was sentenced to 21 months of incarceration followed by 12 months of home confinement, after pleading guilty in March 2016 to one count of bank fraud and one count of knowingly violating the Clean Water Act. Capano was also or... More...
$0 (10-12-2016 - DE)State of Delaware v. Gillis
On April 14, 2014, Defendant Steven A. Gillis was indicted on the charges of <br> possession of a firearm by a person prohibited, possession of ammunition by a person <br> prohibited, driving a vehicle while license is suspended or revoked, and failure to wear a <br> seatbelt. <br> 2. The events leading to the charges are as follows: On February 27, 2014, <br> Defendant’s vehicle was stopped fo... More...
$0 (01-20-2016 - 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)Gerald A. Lechliter v. Del. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, et al.
The Plaintiff filed his Verified Complaint on October 11, 2012. The <br> Complaint alleged seven counts against the Defendants: Count I alleges that DNREC <br> violated numerous statutes to illegally build the Turbine; Count II alleges that the <br> City violated statutes and zoning ordinances to illegally issue the Building Permit; <br> Counts III and IV allege violations of the Delaware Freedom... More...
$0 (01-01-2016 - DE)Gerald A. Lechliter v. Del. Department of Natural Resources, et al.
The Plaintiff here, Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, is a resident of Lewes. His <br> home is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac, and his property abuts a parcel of land once <br> part of a planned, but never used, industrial park owned by the University of <br> Delaware. The land was acquired from the University by the State Department of <br> Natural Resources and Environmental Control (“DNREC”), ... More...
$0 (12-01-2015 - DE)Clark, et al. v. State Of Delaware
This 18th day of November 2015, upon consideration of the parties’ briefs and the <br> record below, it appears to the Court that: (1) In this appeal, defendants who knowingly and freely pled guilty to crimes involving the possession of illegal substances again challenge their convictions by <br> pointing to the investigation at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. As the <br> Superior Co... More...
$0 (11-20-2015 - DE)State of Delaware v. Marvin Holmes
On December 3, 2012, a grand jury indicted Marvin Holmes on a single <br> count of Escape in the Second Degree under 11 Del. C. § 1252. The State <br> dismissed the charge of Escape in the Second Degree, and a grand jury re-indicted <br> Holmes on a single count of Escape After Conviction under 11 Del. C. § 1253 on <br> April 15, 2013. Prior to trial, Holmes filed a pro se Motion for Change of ... More...
$0 (11-04-2015 - DE)Mathis v. State Of Delaware
In the early morning hours of July 25, 2013, officers assigned to <br> Operation Safe Streets were driving in an unmarked police vehicle to a residence in <br> the 2800 block of North Washington Street in Wilmington, Delaware to perform a <br> curfew check on a probationer. They observed Shannon Mathis drinking a beer <br> from a can as he walked along the sidewalk with another man. The officers... More...
$0 (10-26-2015 - DE)Aricidiacono, et al. v. State Of Delaweare
In prior decisions, we made clear that if a defendant knowingly pled guilty to a <br> drug crime, he could not escape his plea by arguing that had he known that the OCME <br> had problems, he would not have admitted to his criminal misconduct in possessing <br> illegal narcotics.7 As we pointed out, the poor evidence-handling practices at the OCME, <br> however regrettable, were not a license for... More...
$0 (10-13-2015 - DE)State of Delaware v. Jones
This 1st day of October 2015, upon consideration of defendant Daniel D. Jones’ <br> motion for postconviction relief (the “Motion”), it appears to the Court that: <br> (1) On April 4, 2014, Jones was sentenced by the Honorable Eric M. Davis to a <br> total of 19 years at Level 5, followed by probation. Jones had pled guilty to two counts of Burglary 2nd Degree, three counts of Burglary 3rd... More...
$0 (10-05-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Dawan Nelson
WILMINGTON, Del. – Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Dawan Nelson, age 33, of Houston, Delaware, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson to 88 months incarceration. Nelson had pled guilty to possessing 33 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and dog f... More...
$0 (06-30-2015 - DE)Fox v. CDX Holdings, Inc.
Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (―Caris‖ or the ―Company‖) was a privately held <br> Delaware corporation. Through subsidiaries, it operated three business units: Caris <br> Diagnostics, TargetNow, and Carisome.1 Caris Diagnostics was consistently profitable. <br> TargetNow generated revenue but not profits. Carisome was in the developmental stage. <br> To achieve the dual goals... More...
$16260332 (07-28-2015 - DE)United States of America v. Dawan Nelson
Wilmington, DE - Dawan Nelson, age 33, of Houston, Delaware, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson to 88 months incarceration. Nelson had pled guilty to possessing 33 kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and dog fighting. <br> <br> According to statements made at the sentencing hearing and documents filed in court... More...
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