NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 13 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CARECO MEDICAL, INC. and its owner and CEO, HELGA PFANNER, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal government in which they will pay $28,246 to resolve allegations that they improperly employed an individual w  more

NEW LONDON, Connecticut, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release: A team from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy participated in the National Security Agency's 20th annual National Cyber Exercise (NCX), a cyber competition that tests offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills, held virtually April 8-10. More than 200 women and men participated from U.S. Service Academies and Senior Military Colleges as well as civilian interns from   more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, issued the following news release on April 12, 2021: Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. Sec. 515, announced that ARMANDO J. PEREZ, the former Chief of Police of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (the "City"), was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the City  more

GROTON, Connecticut, April 17 -- The Naval History and Heritage Command issued the following news: Lt. Cmdr. Derek A. Sutton will relieve Cmdr. Bradley M. Boyd as Officer-in-Charge of Historic Ship Nautilus (SSN 571) and Director of the Submarine Force Museum (HSN/SFLM) Wednesday, April 14, 2021 during a ceremony at the museum. For Boyd, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, the ceremony marks the end of a remarkable 3-year tour leading the Submarine Force's historical narrative. That included a numbe  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2021, entitled "American Jobs Plan: Need for Action in Connecticut": * * * For decades, infrastructure in Connecticut has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: Connecticut's infrastructure received a C- grade on its Infrastructure Report Card. The American Jobs Plan will make a historic investment in our nation's infrastructure. * ROADS AND BRIDGES: In Connecticut there  more