Posts Tagged ‘USADE’
Ocean View Woman Sentenced for Distribution on Methamphetamine
An Ocean View woman has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Delaware pronounced the sentence on 35 year old Melanie Mitchell last week – she must self-report to her designated prison on January 8th, 2024. In September Mitchell’s husband,…
Read MoreSmyrna Detective Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges
A detective with the Smyrna Police Department has been arrested on charges of violations of federal child sexual exploitation laws. US Attorney for the District of Delaware officials say 33 year old Michael Kealty distributed child porn through his Snapchat account in August of this year. Federal agents went into his home with a search…
Read MoreDover-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Charged by Federal Indictment
A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment last week charged three men from Dover and one from Middletown with conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl along with other drug and gun crimes. Officials say the amount of fentanyl seized from this organization is the largest know fentanyl seizure in Delaware history. According to…
Read MoreWilmington Man Sentenced for Drug & Weapons Offenses
A Wilmington man has been sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl and weapons charges. According to court documents, 38 year old Mandingo Joseph was arrested last December by DEA agents. A search of Joseph’s home turned up over 2400 fake oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, fentanyl,…
Read MoreUSADE Announces Election Officer For November 2022 General Election
Assistant US Attorney Claudia Pare has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer for the District of Delaware in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 8th General Election. She will be responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of election day complaints of voting rights concerns, threats of…
Read MoreBridgeville Man Sentenced on Pornography Charges
The US Attorney for the District of Delaware announced that a Bridgeville man has been sentenced to 235 months – or 19 ½ years – in prison for attempting to get pornographic photographs from a minor. Once released from prison, 57 year old Frank Bucklew will spend 10 years on federal supervised release. Court documents…
Read MoreOcean View Women Sentence for Embezzling over $1.1-million from Bethany Beach Business
An Ocean View woman has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for federal wire fraud and tax evasion. The US Attorney for the District of Delaware’s office says 55 year old Joan Donald was an administrative assistant and quasi-bookkeeper for Dovetail, Inc. in Bethany Beach. Beginning in 2014 she began paying herself a…
Read MoreDover Man Sentenced to Federal Prison
Seaford Man Sentenced for Defrauding Social Security Administration
A Seaford man has been sentenced to 30 days in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for defrauding Social Security Administration (SSA) of nearly $150,000. The sentence was pronounced by Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly. Court documents show 42 year old Marques Fountain collected another man’s Social Security retirement benefits after…
Read MoreFormer Milford Doctor Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
A former Delaware doctor was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for unlawful drug distribution and maintaining a drug-involved premises. Patrick Titus, 58, of Milford, was convicted by a federal jury in July 2021 of 13 counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises. “This sentence…
Read MoreNewark Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud & Money Laundering in Connection with CARES Act Fraud
David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that a Newark woman pleaded guilty February 24, 2022, to fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and illegally spending those loan proceeds. Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly accepted the plea. According to court documents, between March 30, 2020, and January 24,…
Read MoreDover Man Sentenced for Enticing a Minor to Produce Child Pornography
A Dover man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor to produce child pornography. Officials say 42 year old Scott Foster posed as teen boys on Facebook and used aggressive and manipulative tactics to coerce and entice three minor females into producing…
Read MoreUPDATED: Former DE Politician Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications
UPDATED – 8/26/21 – Former Delawarean Mike Protack has pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the District of Delaware to two counts of mailing threatening communications to Delaware. Court records show that the 63 year old Protack mailed two explicit death threats to a Delawarean in January and February of this year –…
Read MoreDownstate Corporate Secretary Pleads Guilty to Willfully Failing to Pay Over $930,000 in Payroll Taxes Withheld from Employees
Seaford Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge
A Seaford man has pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return for 2015 – and admitted to outstanding tax liabilities for 2013, 2014 and 2016. DOJ officials say 49 year old Lorne “Bob” Adams omitted about $165,000 in income – he has agreed to make over $112,000 in restitution to the IRS. Adams faces…
Read MoreDE Federal Trial Team Honored for Landmark Cyberstalking Resulting in Death Prosecution
The trial team that successfully prosecuted the country’s first cyberstalking-resulting-in-death case has been awarded the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team. That team is here in Delaware and received the honor for their work in United States v. Matusiewicz, et al, which was tried in US District Court for the District of…
Read MoreNJ Man Pleads Guilty in DSU Bribery Scheme
A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery in connection with programs receiving federal funds. Stephen Williams of Neptune, NJ is the co-defendant of Crystal Martin, the Delaware State University administrator who pleaded guilty to the same bribery scheme last month. Williams, who according to court documents was the mastermind of…
Read MoreFormer DSU Assoc. Registrar Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme
A former associate registrar at Delaware State University has pleaded guilty to a charge of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. According to the US Attorney for the District of Delaware, Crystal Martin accepted bribes from a co-conspirator in exchange for her agreement to change the registration status of hundreds of out-of-state students to qualify…
Read MoreFelton Man Charged in Florida Tax Scheme
Three men, including a man from Felton, Delaware, have been indicted on charges related to the preparation and filing of false tax returns in Florida. The US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and IRS officials say that Olry Maurival of West Palm Beach ran a tax preparation business. He and two others –…
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