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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday November 12, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Forfeiture Complaint Seeks to Return to New Haven More Than $1.1 Million Seized From Email Scammers
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: 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 the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI have seized and filed a civil asset forfeiture complaint against $1,187.677.94 that was tra  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Hartford Man Caught With Drugs and Ghost Gun in Bristol Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TRAEVAUGHNN MORRISON, 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and crack while armed with a gh  more

New Britain Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Possession Offenses
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS RIVERA, 30, of New Britain, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for fentanyl distribution and firearm possessio  more

NLRB Issues Decision on Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Danny Hayden, United Federation of Special Police and Security Officers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 01-RD-325481) by Region 2 Director John D. Doyle Jr.: * * * WINDHAM COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., Employer and DANNY HAYDEN, Petitioner and UNITED FEDERATION OF SPECIAL POLICE AND SECURITY OFFICERS, Union DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Inc (the Employer) operates an acute care hospital in Willimantic, Connecticut./1 United Federation of Special Police  more

NRC Chair, Commissioners to Host Public Meeting in King of Prussia on Nov. 16
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Christopher T. Hanson and Commissioners David A. Wright, Annie Caputo and Bradley R. Crowell will host a public meeting Nov. 16 in the agency's Region I Office in Pennsylvania to hear from NRC staff about regional activities and from several external stakeholders on their communications and interactions with the agency. The Commission invited repres  more

U.S. Geological Survey: Geologic Leap Forward for Understanding Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2023: * * * Cutting edge technological surveys in Wyoming shed light on energy and mineral potential, as well as increased understanding of geologic hazards * * * Scientists in Wyoming are wrapping up a banner year for geologic data acquisition for the state with three large airborne geophysical surveys covering an area of roughly 7,000 square miles. For comp  more