WILMINGTON - A 27-year-old Hockessin man was sentenced to four months in prison plus probation for charges related to a 2020 hate crime, the Delaware Department of Justice announced on Friday.
Matthew Gregg was sentenced on July 1 by New Castle County Superior Court. He was also sentenced to community service, anger management, and mental health/substance abuse counseling. He is to have no contact with the victims, the DOJ said.
“No one deserves to live in fear for their lives under the duress of constant harassment and threatening,” said Attorney General Kathy Jennings. “Thanks to this excellent work by our Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust, this man’s victims can begin to find peace.”
Gregg was arrested by Capitol Police following an investigation into reports of approximately 160 threatening phone calls, including several in which he leveled racial epithets against a staffer for Gov. John Carney.
The conviction and sentence were secured by Deputy Attorneys General David Skoranski and Nicole Mozee, with the assistance of DOJ Paralegal Trisha McGinnis, following an investigation led by Capitol Police.
