Samuel Waters, a former Wilmington police officer, could face up to eight years in prison after being convicted of four crimes, including a felony, for using excessive force during an incident that took place in September 2021. Supervisors from the Wilmington Police Department, along with investigators, informed the Division of Civil Rights & Public Trust that Waters had failed to …
Former Dewey Beach officer convicted for assaulting man on stretcher
A former Dewey Beach police officer has been convicted and sentenced to a year of supervised probation for repeatedly punching an injured, unaggressive man laying on a stretcher and then lying about it. Gregory Lynch, who also lost his police certification and is banned from ever serving as a police officer again, was indicted in August 2019 after he climbed …
State indicts 2 public officials, one for theft and one for falsifying records
The Department of Justice also asked anyone with knowledge of illegal transactions by Freeborn to contact them.