A Kent County couple who withheld food from their two children, then would force feed them and also violently and repetitively assaulted them should spend the rest of their lives in jail after receiving sentences of a combined 150 years. Mary Vinson, 46, and Charles Vinson, 37, were convicted in September of dozens of felonies for abusing their children, including …
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it will move to appeal a Superior Court judgeâs ruling on absentee and early voting. Judge Mark Conner ruled last week in favor of former state attorney general Jane Bradyâs suit that laws passed by the General Assembly â over objections that they were not constitutional â were indeed âinconsistent with our Constitution and …
A ruling by the Delaware Superior Court that restricts early and absentee voting â a highly contentious aspect of the 2020 Presidential Election â has state leaders reacting on party lines. Judge Mark Conner ruled Friday in favor of former state attorney general Jane Bradyâs suit that laws passed by the General Assembly â over objections that they were not …
Sometimes you donât know what you donât know. Take the lawsuit filed July 7, 2023, by ACLU Delaware against Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the city of Wilmington over the stateâs solicitation and loitering statutes and Wilmingtonâs loitering ordinance. The ACLU claims the lack of specificity in the current statutes opens the door to selective enforcement. At the same time, …
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Friday that ChristianaCare Health System will pay $7,666,379 to Delaware’s Medicaid program to settle federal and Delaware false claim allegations. The case, which was initiated by a whistleblower, alleges that ChristianaCare provided free or below-market value support services to non-employee doctors, who then referred patients to the health system. These referrals in turn led …
Delaware is part of a national  $700 million agreement with Google in its lawsuit about Googleâs anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. The settlement involved Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general. Google will pay $630 million in restitution, minus costs and fees, to consumers who made purchases on the Google Play Store …
The First State is getting $25 million from a newly settled lawsuit in Ohio that triggered a contingency payment to Delaware. Chemours, DuPont and Corteva reached a $110 million settlement in Ohio over âforever chemicals,â which refer to the release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from the facilities of those companies. The substances, known as PFAS, have negative environmental impacts. …
The First State is one of 12 involved in a national $30 million order against a student lender for malpractice. Attorney General Kathy Jenningsâ office worked with the federal Consumer Protection Financial Bureau and 11 other states to crack down on the bankrupt student lender Prehired. A Delaware bankruptcy court approved a stipulated judgment that requires Prehired to pay more …
A New Castle man convicted of 10 counts of rape, among 22 charges, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of five life sentences, plus 175 years at sentencing in early 2024. Byron Mayhan, 39, described by the Department of Justice as a habitual offender, was convicted Nov. 13 for his May 29, 2020, attack on a woman running in Brandywine Park. …
A 32-year-old man from Dover has been sentenced to life plus 70 years in prison for Murder 1st Degree, Attempted Murder 1st Degree, two counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Tampering with a Witness, and Conspiracy 2nd Degree. Ronald Suber was given the sentence in the Kent County Superior Court following an investigation into …
