Jurors are set to begin deliberating Friday in the trial of three Delaware inmates charged in a deadly prison riot. Continue reading →
{FD} Inmate charged in fatal riot denies committing violence
A Delaware inmate charged in a deadly prison riot testified Tuesday that he did not assault or kill anyone, and that he was expecting inmates to stage a peaceful protest about prison conditions. Continue reading →
{FD} Delaware to move hundreds of inmates to Pennsylvania
Hundreds of inmates from Delaware’s maximum-security prison, the site of a deadly inmate uprising last year, will be transferred to Pennsylvania in an effort to reduce overtime for severely understaffed correctional officers, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Man called ‘mastermind’ of prison riot severed from trial
A Delaware inmate accused by prosecutors of being the “mastermind” behind a deadly prison riot last year has been dismissed from a trial at which he and three other inmates were facing murder and kidnapping charges, a judge told jurors Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} APNewsBreak: Prison riot defendant pleaded guilty months ago
A Delaware inmate who is a key prosecution witness in a deadly prison riot entered a guilty plea almost a year ago to charges stemming from the uprising, but the plea was not noted in court records until this week. Continue reading →
{FD} Investigators say John Glenn’s remains not disrespected
A lengthy investigation by Air Force officials has concluded that the remains of astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn were not treated disrespectfully at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary prior to his burial at Arlington National Cemetery last year. Continue reading →
{FD} Police: Family of 5 found fatally shot in murder-suicide
A couple and three young children were found fatally shot at their Delaware home in what police described Tuesday as a murder-suicide. Continue reading →
{FD} Maryland office park killing suspect sentenced in Delaware
A man accused of shooting five co-workers, killing three, at a granite company in Maryland was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for the later shooting of a man in Delaware. Continue reading →
{FD} $210M settlement eyed in Wilmington Trust shareholder suit
Wilmington Trust has agreed to a $210 million cash settlement in a shareholder lawsuit alleging that the bank fraudulently concealed billions of dollars in bad loans. Continue reading →
{FD} National Guard helping after chemicals found in town’s wells
Gov. John Carney has authorized the National Guard to assist residents of a Delaware town after high levels of toxic chemicals were discovered in municipal wells. Continue reading →
{FD} Year after riot, Delaware prison still potentially explosive
One year after a deadly inmate riot and hostage-taking, Delaware’s maximum-security prison remains a potentially explosive, understaffed facility managed by overworked guards overseeing hundreds of inmates with too much idle time on their hands. Continue reading →
{FD} Report: Prison security concerns unheeded before deadly riot
Delaware prison administrators dismissed warnings of trouble brewing at the state’s maximum-security prison in the days leading up to a deadly inmate uprising and hostage-taking, independent investigators said in a report released Friday. Continue reading →
