Wilmington Trust Corp., the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program, reached a $60 million settlement with prosecutors Tuesday just as the corporation and four former top executives were set to go to trial on bank fraud charges. “The bank being removed from the case has really upset the strategy and planning and preparation for the …
A man who was released from prison in August 2016 after spending nearly three decades behind bars in a 1988 murder in Wilmington has filed a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit against the officers who investigated the case and the City of Wilmington. Johnny Small was just 15 years old when he was charged with first-degree murder in the July 13, 1988, killing of Pamela Dreher, 32. Dreher was …
Delaware officials say a transgender prison inmate who filed a civil-rights lawsuit has a history of filing unsubstantiated grievances. Lawyers for the state have filed their response to the lawsuit by inmate Kamilla London.