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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday May 30, 2021 ( 7 items )  

Acting Conn. U.S. Attorney: Former Nurse Sentenced for Tampering With Fentanyl Vials Intended for Patients at Fertility Clinic
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on May 25, 2021: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced DONNA MONTICONE, 49, of Oxford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven for tampering with fentanyl vials intended for patients at the fertility clinic where she was employed. Monticone was ordered to serve three years  more

Acting Conn. U.S. Attorney: State Senator and His Campaign Treasurer Charged in Scheme to Obtain Public Election Funds
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on May 25, 2021: Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging Connecticut State Senator DENNIS A. BRADLEY, JR.,   more

Acting Conn. U.S. Attorney: Westport Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Investors, Making False Statements to SEC
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 29 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BARTON STUCK, 74, of Westport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding investors and then making false st  more

EPA: Long Island Sound Water Quality Improving in Response to Significant Reductions in Nitrogen Pollution
NEW YORK, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: As summer approaches, EPA officials are highlighting water quality improvements in Long Island Sound resulting from almost 50 million pounds of nitrogen pollution kept out of the Sound each year. A peer-reviewed study from the University of Connecticut published earlier this year showed that improved water quality can be attributed to successful programs in Connecticut and New York to upgr  more

EPA: Metropolitan District to Pay Penalty, Meet More Protective Emission Limits at Its Sewage Sludge Incinerators Under Proposed Clean Air Act
HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a proposed settlement with The Metropolitan District (MDC), headquartered in Hartford, Conn., for violations of the Clean Air Act. Under the proposed consent decree filed in Federal District Court, the MDC will pay a civil penalty of $298,000 and will be required to come into compli  more

Town of Guilford Seeks Permits for Proposed Work in Tidal Waters, Wetlands Tributary to Long Island Sound
CONCORD, Massachusetts, May 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received three After the Fact permit applications to retain work in waters of the United States from the Town of Guilford to authorize and retain previously placed fill associated with the reconstruction and elevation of town roadways identified as Tuttles Point Road, Old Quarry Road and Chaffinch Island Road in Guilfor  more

White House Sends Nominations to Senate on May 25
WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The White House issued the following news release on May 25, 2021: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Daryl W. Baldwin, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024, vice Camila Ann Alire, term expired. Genine Macks Fidler, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2022, vice John Unsworth, term expired. Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Na  more