NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that, a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging JOSEPH GIOVANNI SOTO, 32, of Bloomfield, with narcotics distribution   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAHSHIM CARTER, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years for supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm. According to cou  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that OMARI LEWIS, 24, of East Hartford, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with fentanyl distribution offenses. As alleged in court do  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ALICEA, 31, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring. According to court documents and statem  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONALDO SMITH, 25, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment for his involvement in a spree of violent robberies of AT&T stores in Connecticut and western Massachuset  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Colonel Stavros Mellekas of the Connecticut State Police today announced that GREGORY LEARY, 35, of Wolcott, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to man  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will christen one of its newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarines, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, June 17, 2023, General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. The principal speaker will be the Honorable Erik Raven, Under Secretary of the Navy. Remarks will also be provided by the Honorable Senator Richard Blumenthal; Vice Adm. Frank Morley, prin  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following remarks by Secretary Miguel Cardona at the National Safer Communities Summit: * * * Thank you, Angela. Moms Demand Action is a force to be reckoned with. I also want to thank Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Everytown for Gun Safety for organizing this first-ever National Safer Communities Summit. The conversations taking place here today are so important - that's why at this very moment th  more

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, June 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Administrator David Cash and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory joined elected officials and school leaders in New Britain, Conn. to celebrate the award of 25 zero emission school buses to DATTCO Inc. to provide school transportation services for the Connecticut Techn  more

GREENWICH, Connecticut, June 17 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 16, 2023, at a campaign reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Please, have a seat. First of all, Stephen, sir, thank you very, very much for the hospitality. Just what you all need to do in early June, with graduations going on: show up, have to get dressed on a Friday, then maybe even Saturday. Who knows. (Laughter.) Anyway -- And I want to thank all my colleagues from the Senate and the House, and the governor  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 17 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 16, 2023, during the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. AUDIENCE: Hello! THE PRESIDENT: I think maybe your patience exceeds your good judgment. (Laughter.) Please, have a seat, if you have one. Thank you for -- thank you for your commitment. I really mean it. You know, as a kid, I came out of a different movement, the Civil Rig  more

CAMP NIANTIC, Connecticut, June 14 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release: By Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve Reserve Marines with Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Internal Defensive Measures (DCO-IDM) Companies A and B, 6th Communication Battalion and Marine Innovation Unit (MIU) participated in Cyber Yankee at Camp Net, CT, May 14-28, 2023.Cyber Yankee is a force-on-force regional, joint-service exercise that simulates a nation laun  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 17 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on June 16, 2023, by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton while en route to West Hartford, Connecticut: * * * MS. DALTON: And, hey, everybody, they're telling us that there's going to be some turbulence in about 15 minutes, so we're going to try to keep this concise here. Good morning, everyone. We're en route to West Hartford, Connecticut, my hometown, where the President will celebr  more