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Barley Mill Suit Could Involve Criminal Issues

Barley Mill development plans (file)

There might be a criminal dimension to the Barley Mill redevelopment lawsuit.

A set of mystery documents has delayed the court proceedings indefinitely after new Castle County attorneys told the court that they had found papers which could show criminal wrongdoing.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that Sidney Leibesman the private attorney for the county in the suit said he wrote to Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden yesterday about the documents.

The paper reports that they were discovered by top aides to County Executive Tom Gordon over the weekend.

The Attorney General’s office said it got the letter yesterday afternoon is reviewing the county’s request for an investigation 

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.