Delaware International Child Abduction Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kwame Boahene </h2> </center>

Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Kwame Boahene, 63, and his co-conspirators orchestrated an international romance fraud scheme that defrauded victims across the country, including elderly victims and a victim in Delaware. The cybercriminals created fictitious online personas to develop romantic relationships with the victims. Once ... More...

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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...

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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...

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<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...

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<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...

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United States of America v. John Peddicord

Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography. 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...

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<h1> United States of America v. Darius Matylewich </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. </font/color="red"></center><center> Delaware Man Sentenced To 240 Months For Coercing 11-Year-Old New Jersey Resident To Travel To Delaware For Sexual Activity</h2></center></center></> </font/col... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Michael Kealty </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion/Enticement of a Minor </font/color="red"></center><center> Former Smyrna Detective Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Coercion/Enticement of a Minor</h2></center> </h2></center> Michael Kealty, of Ma... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Kyle Stevens </h1>

<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 </center><center> Former University of Delaware Student Wh... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Paul Francis Blaisse, </h1>

<h2><center>Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. </center><center> Man Sentenced for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor</h2></center> </h2></center> As early as 2011, Paul Francis Blaisse, 65, of Walkersville, en... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. James Pickett </h1></center

<h2><center> Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse Material.</h2></center><h2><center> Bear Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Second Conviction Involving Child Sexual Abuse Material </h2></center> A Delaware resident was sen... More...

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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. "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: Duty of care: Property owners, businesses, and individuals all have a duty of ca... More...

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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. 18:922(g)(3), which provides: (g) It shall be unlawful for any personâ€” (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. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wilmington_DE_FED.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Wilmington, Delaware"> Federal Courthouse - Wilmington, Delaware <a font="red" href="https://... More...

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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. 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...

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United States of America v. Thomas E. Noble

Wilmington, Delaware criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography. A grand jury indicted Noble in February 2018 on one count of attempted receipt of child pornography by someone previously convicted of a child pornography offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 2252(a)(2), 2252(b)(1) and 2256(2)(A), and one count of possession ... More...

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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. 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...

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United States of America v. Joseph J. Leonetti, Jr.

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing prepubescent child pornography. 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. 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. On October 24, 2019, a federal jury for the District of Delaware found Thomas Noble, ... More...

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James R. Adams v. Governor of Delaware

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/de/locations/delaware.jpg"> </center> 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...

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James R. Adams v. Governor of Delaware

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/BLD2.jpg"> </center> 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...

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United States of America v. Navimax Corporation

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/BLD2.jpg"> </center> Wilmington, DE - Shipping Company Sentenced for Illegally Discharging Waste at Sea Navimax Corporation (“Navimax”), incorporated in the Marshall Islands with its main offices in Greece, was sentenced today to a $2,000,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Maryellen ... More...

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United States of America v. Ho Ka Terence Yung

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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)

International Business Machines Corporation v. Groupon, Inc.

Wilmington, DE - Jury Awards IBM $82.5 Million in Damages Against Groupon International Business Machines Corporation sued Groupon, Inc. on patent infringement theories relating to: U.S. Patent No. 5796967, titled Method for Presenting Applications in an Interactive Service. Issued in August 1998, it covers a method for presenting interactive applications on a computer n... More...

$85500000 (08-02-2018 - DE)

United States of America v. John B. Alwood

Wilmington, DE - Delaware Man Pleads Guilty in Child Pornography Case 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. 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...

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Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc

The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”)... More...

$0 (04-29-2016 - 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 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...

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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...

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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...

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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 S... More...

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Garvin v. State Of Delaware

This 7th day of December 2015, upon consideration of the appellant’s opening brief, the appellant’s motion to affirm, and the record below, it appears to the Court that: (1) The appellant, Donovan J. Garvin, filed this appeal from the Superior Court’s denial of his first motion for postconviction relief. The State of Delaware 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 September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6 million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm, earning a substantial income. In May 2... More...

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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 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. John Thomas Matthew Lee, 50, of Millsboro,... More...

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Samuels v. Jowers

The appellant, Carter W. Samuels (“the Father”), filed this appeal from the Family Court’s April 20, 2015 order granting the appellees, Darlene Jowers (“the Maternal Grandmother”) and Casandra Jowers (“the Maternal Great Grandmother” and, with the Maternal Grandmother, “Grandmothers”) visitation of one afternoon a month with the Father’s daughters. We find n... More...

$0 (11-11-2015 - DE)

Merion Capital LP and Merion Capital II LP v. BMC Software, Inc.

BMC is a software company—one of the largest in the world at the time of the Merger—specializing in software for information technology (―IT‖) management.3 Specifically, BMC sells and services a broad portfolio of software products designed to ―simplif[y] and automate[] the management of IT processes, mainframe, distributed, virtualized and cloud computin... More...

$0 (10-21-2015 - DE)

In re TIBCO Software Inc. Stockholders Litigation

This decision is round two of an action in which a stockholder of TIBCO Software Inc. challenges the per-share consideration that a private equity fund (“Vista”) agreed to pay to acquire TIBCO in a merger that closed on December 5, 2014. The merger agreement provided for stockholders to receive $24 per share. Based on the number of fully diluted shares of TIBCO outstandin... More...

$0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

Microsoft Corporation v. Patent Revue Partners, et al.

Plaintiff, Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), is a Washington corporation with its principal place of business at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington. Microsoft continuously has owned Series F Preferred Stock in Nominal Defendant Vadem Ltd. since 1999. Nominal Defendant Vadem, Ltd. (“Vadem,” “Vadem BVI,” or the “Company”) is a privately held international... More...

$0 (10-18-2015 - DE)

Hartley v. Consolidated Glass Holdings, Inc

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise, showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Garnet O'Marrow and Clarence Gardner v. Dean P. Roles, Jr., d/b/a D&M Training

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise, showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)