WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued the following news: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has named seven new chairs of Judicial Conference committees and extended the term of six current chairs by one year. The appointments took effect Oct. 1. * Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning (Connecticut) succeeded Judge K. Michael Moore (Florida-Southern) as chair of the Committee on Audits and Administrative Office Accountability. * Judge William L. Osteen, Jr.,   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that JONATHAN VINCENT GLENN, 54, of Greenwich, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to defrauding investment cl  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony was celebrated this afternoon in New Haven. The ceremony at the City of New Haven's aldermanic chambers recognized approximately 140 individuals for their investigative efforts and other contributions to significant federal criminal prosecutions and civil cases in Connecticut. "This past year has  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GABRIEL HORACE WILLIAMS-BEY, 34, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 30, 2022, Hartford Police seized   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER ALAMO, also known as "Tito," 36, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and fi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Cigna Group, headquartered in Connecticut, has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries hav  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56758) involving Stamford Hospital, Connecticut: * * * Rep Org: Stamford Hospital Licensee: Stamford Hospital Region: 1 City: Stamford State: CT License #: 06-06697-02 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Peter Mas HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 09/26/2023 Notification Time: 15:35 [ET] Event Date: 09/21/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 09/26/2023 Emergency   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56758) involving Stamford Hospital, Connecticut: * * * Rep Org: Stamford Hospital Licensee: Stamford Hospital Region: 1 City: Stamford State: CT License #: 06-06697-02 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Peter Mas HQ OPS Officer: John Russell Notification Date: 09/26/2023 Notification Time: 15:35 [ET] Event Date: 09/21/2023 Event Time: 00:00 [EDT] Last Update Date: 09/26/2023 Emergency   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging SEAN FALZARANO, 37, of Southbury, with five counts of tampering with a consumer product. Falzarano is a Registered Nurse. The indictment alleges that, on January 31, 2022, Falzarano took five via  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that six defendants have been indicted in Burlington on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Specifically, those charged in the superseding indictment are Tyler Orvis, 40, of Milton Vermont, Christopher Purvis, 27 of Hartford, Connecticut, Alexis Sutton, 23 of Windsor, Connecticut, Russell Mitchell, 26, of C  more

TURNERS FALLS, Massachusetts, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: Federal, state and nonprofit partners convened at the U.S. Geological Survey's Anadromous Fish Research Center in Turners Falls today to celebrate a new chapter in cooperative fisheries management in the Connecticut River watershed. The meeting marked the launch of the new Connecticut River Migratory Fish Restoration Cooperative, which   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: TAVAUGHN WRIGHT, also known as "Teddy," 29, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for narcotics and firearm offenses related to his role in a violent Waterbury street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United State  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Oct. 4, 2023, the nominations of three individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Seth Robert Aframe, of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, vice Jeffrey R. Howard, retired. * Edward Sunyol Kiel, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Kevin McNulty, retiring. * Sarah French Russell, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge  more