Delaware
Cabela’s ordered to comply with Delaware prosecutor subpoena in ammo storage investigation
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Damian Giletto, Delaware News Journal
A state judge said Cabela’s must comply with a Delaware Department of Justice subpoena in its investigation of the outdoor company’s lax storage and shoplifting prevention practices. The state agency began probing these practices last year after half a million rounds of ammunition were stolen from Cabela’s Christiana Mall store.
In its attempt to quash the subpoena, Cabela’s filed 53 pages of objections, including that the statute under which the investigation is being conducted is unconstitutional. The company also argued the other statutes the DOJ cited were not applicable to them because Cabela’s is “a national, respected, law abiding premier outdoor supply and conservation company.”
Superior Court President Judge Jan R. Jurden disagreed with Cabela’s, according to her opinion issued on Wednesday. In her 32-page opinion, Jurden states the requests made in the subpoena are relevant to the DOJ’s investigation, which among other things concerns shoplifting of ammunition, ammunition storage, loss prevention and its reporting and security footage.
“The DOJ has carried its burden to show that the subpoena is reasonable and made in response to its stated investigation, and therefore, it is enforceable,” Jurden wrote in her opinion.
Cabela’s parent company, the Great American Outdoors Group, could not be reached for comment.
Jurden’s opinion comes seven months after a federal judge said Delaware can continue investigating Cabela’s storage and shoplifting prevention practices and ordered the case be returned to Delaware state courts. Cabela’s had sought to take the case out of Delaware state courts, where stronger laws about gun dealer conduct apply.
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“I am grateful to the court for its ruling and pleased that once again Cabela’s legal games have been unsuccessful,” Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said. “Cabela’s has attempted to thwart this investigation at every turn. It is ridiculous that we are now well beyond a year into this investigation and yet we still have no meaningful answers from Cabelas.
“We look forward to finally being able to investigate how the theft of such a shocking number of lethal ammunition was able to take place.”
Jennings announced last summer the state DOJ was asking the Delaware Superior Court to enforce a subpoena against Cabela’s seeking information about ammunition shoplifted from its Christiana location. Investigators believe that at least 500,000 rounds of ammunition were stolen from Cabela’s in less than a year and that a substantial portion of it was sold to violent criminals and drug dealers in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
The state DOJ’s investigation is focusing on whether Cabela’s violated any laws, including Delaware’s firearms industry public nuisance law, through its hands-off approach to the shoplifting of ammunition.
According to the DOJ, the ammunition was stored unsecured in the middle of the sales floor with no apparent effort to stop massive shoplifting. After investigators subpoenaed Cabela’s in February, the DOJ said Cabela’s moved its ammunition behind a sales counter.
How the investigation began
The state DOJ began investigating Cabela’s early last year after receiving reports of thefts of significant quantities of ammunition.
One of the people interviewed by a DOJ special investigator was 39-year-old Danielle M. Brookens, who’d been arrested in December 2022 for stealing from Cabela’s. During a March interview, Brookens told the special investigator that she shoplifted half a million rounds of ammunition from the Christiana Mall store over a year’s time.
“It was easy to steal ammunition out in the open shelves and the security was lacking” is the reason Brookens gave for shoplifting from the store, according to court documents obtained by Delaware Online/The News Journal.
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Brookens explained that on more than 20 occasions, she would place boxes of ammo in a shopping cart covered by her coat. She added others were also shoplifting ammunition from the store and that they had been doing so before she started stealing from them in December 2021.
While she told investigators she was “well known to employees and at least one supervisor” who saw her often in the store, “they did not typically confront her or take action to prevent her shoplifting.”
She said she would sell the ammo at about a third of its retail price to Delaware pawn shops. She would also sell ammo to “gang-related individuals” in Philadelphia and Dover, making more than $100,000.
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Claiming lottery in Delaware
18 states have laws that allow national lottery prize jackpot winners to remain anonymous, but is Delaware among them?
The Delaware Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
- Sign the Ticket: Establish legal ownership by signing the back of your ticket with an ink pen.
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Can I claim a jackpot prize anonymously in Delaware?
Fortunately for First State residents, the Delaware Lottery allows winners remain anonymous. Unlike many other states that require a prize be over a certain jackpot, Delawareans can remain anonymous no matter how much, or how little, they win.
How long do I have to claim my prize in Delaware?
Tickets are valid for up to one year past the drawing date for drawing game prizes or within one year of the announced end of sales for Instant Games, according to delottery.com.
When are the Delaware Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.
- Play 3, 4: Daily at 1:58 p.m. and 7:57 p.m., except Sunday afternoon.
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Thomas Jefferson University is opening a regional campus of its Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Delaware, an effort that will result in the state’s first medical school.
Jefferson beat out three other bidders to establish the four-year program in partnership with the state. The other bidders were the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico, Spotlight Delaware reported.
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The inaugural class of 40 medical students will begin instruction in July 2028. Initially, the campus will be based at the University of Delaware in Newark, with Jefferson faculty providing instruction. A permanent home for the campus is still being finalized, the Inquirer reported.
The medical students will receive 18 months of preclinical training on campus before receiving clinical training from healthcare providers in Delaware’s southern counties, where the state’s physician shortage is most deeply felt. That shortage is compounded by an aging population, Delaware officials said.
“Jefferson is committed to being part of the solution to Delaware’s physician shortage,” Jefferson CEO Dr. Joseph Cacchione said in a statement. “We are proud to help build a future where every Delawarean has access to the care they deserve. Jefferson is all in.”
The school’s creation is being supported by $157.4 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Delaware is one of three states without a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program. Since the late 1960s, Jefferson and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine have reserved seats for Delaware students.
“Sidney Kimmel Medical College has trained generations of physicians for more than 200 years, more than any other medical college in the country,” Said Ibrahim, dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, said in a statement. “It is a privilege to bring our mission to Delaware’s patients and communities.”
Jefferson has announced several expansions recently. The university is establishing a full-time doctor of nursing practice-nurse anesthesia program and several online graduate programs at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Center for Healthcare Education in Lehigh County. It also is opening a satellite respiratory therapy lab at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown.
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