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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday December 03, 2023 ( 7 items )  

BLS - Northeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Connecticut Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2023'
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Nov. 27, 2023, entitled "Connecticut Job Openings and Labor Turnover - September 2023": * * * Connecticut had 103,000 job openings in September 2023, compared to 96,000 openings in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in Connecticut was 5.7  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: 15 Charged After FBI Task Force Investigation Into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Rings
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Special Agent in Charge Robert Fuller of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that the following 15 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from the distribution of cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl in and  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KENNETH JOYNER, 33, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to firearm and drug offenses. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 25, 2022, Bridgeport Police stopped Joyner's car for motor vehicle violatio  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Superseding Indictment Charges 3 More for Involvement in Scheme to Steal and Sell Catalytic Converters
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that four men have been charged with federal offenses related to their particip  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Waterbury Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Ring
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHADDIEL FERRER, 29, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in   more

Former Enfield Resident Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Offense
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ENFIELD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN SANCHEZ-RAZON, also known as "Juanito," 29, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Enfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 25 months of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine. According t  more

Two Connecticut Men Arrested for Drug Offenses; Fentanyl and Cocaine Seized
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brendan Salmon, 30, also known as "Nice," of Hartford, Connecticut, and Lincoln Anthony Robinson, Jr., 28, of Windsor, Connecticut, were arrested on Thursday, November 16, 2023 in Hardwick, Vermont. Salmon was charged by criminal complaint wi  more