Delaware

DOVER, Del. (AP) — After a series of trial losses against inmates accused in deadly rioting at Delaware’s maximum-security prison in 2017, authorities said Wednesday that they will not pursue any more prosecutions. The decision comes less than three weeks after former inmate Roman Shankaras, who was accused of leading the riot, was acquitted on […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury deliberations are set to begin in the trial of an inmate accused of leading a riot at Delaware’s maximum-security prison during which a guard was killed and other staffers taken hostage. Jurors were scheduled to start deliberating the fate of Roman Shankaras on Wednesday morning after hearing closing arguments from […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stepping further toward a 2020 presidential run than he ever has before, former Vice President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that his family — including his grandchildren — are encouraging him to launch a White House bid. “There’s a consensus,” Biden told an excited crowd during an appearance at the University of […]

Mack Buckley is lucky to be alive after a run-in with a Delaware State Police officer during what should have been a routine traffic stop. According to NBC, Buckley, a self-published author and entrepreneur, was driving in Sussex County when he was pulled over by a police officer. In a video clip posted to Buckley’s Facebook […]

Police in Delaware are investigating the rape of a girl by four boys all under the age of 15, and according to ABC 6 they fear there may be more victims. The attack reportedly happened inside a home on December 11th. According to officials one 14-year-old, two 13-year-olds, and one 12-year-old forced the girl inside […]

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A University of Delaware football player is charged with assaulting a 77-year-old driver who struck his mother. Lt. Andrew Rubin with Newark police tells news outlets the man’s car struck Sakeena Pickett as she crossed a street outside of a crosswalk Saturday. Police say the driver got out to check on […]

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl was convicted Thursday of criminally negligent homicide in a school bathroom attack in Delaware that left a 16-year-old classmate dead. The ruling came in a nonjury trial for three girls charged in the death of Amy Joyner-Francis. All three were 16 when the fight happened last year and […]

The only witness who agreed to testify recanted her statement, saying she did not actually see Pinkston and only identified him because that was "the word on the street."

Police charged three teens in the school bathroom beating death of Amy Joyner-Francis. The medical examiner said the assault triggered a pre-existing heart condition that caused her death.

16-year-old Amy Joyner will never see her prom or her graduation from high school because she was killed after being reportedly attacked in the bathroom at school. ABC 7 Chicago reports: Classes will let out early Friday at the the Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, as the school comes to terms with the […]

A Delaware police officer has been acquitted of kicking a Black man in the face and breaking his jaw during a 2013 arrest.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A white police officer in Delaware seen on video kicking a black suspect in the head and breaking his jaw has been acquitted of assault. A Kent County Superior Court jury deliberated for about 16 hours over three days before acquitting Dover police Cpl. Thomas Webster IV of felony assault Tuesday. […]