NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with American Cruise Lines, Inc., headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut, to resolve allegations that the company was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a settlement agreement with Twin Pines Diner in East Haven to resolve allegations that the diner was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). The settlement agreem  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two New York men were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford for engaging in a wide-ranging mortgage fraud scheme involving 24 mortgage loans on numerous multifamily housing properties in Hartford totaling nearly $50 million. J  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that ANTHONY NIRO, 60, and NANETTE NIRO, 59, of Newington, have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to offenses stemming from a tax evasion scheme. Acco  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OLAJUWON HARRINGTON, also known as "OJ Harrington," 31, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for his theft of pandemic unemploymen  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Boston Division, Acting Inspector General Heather M. Hill of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and Westport Police Chief Foti Koskinas today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Connecticut and Massachusetts are set to receive funding through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. The City of Boston and DATTCO, Inc. have been selected to receive over $53.3 million in total. The awards, which w  more

GROTON, Connecticut, Jan. 12 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Jan. 11, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at a holiday party for the USS Delaware: * * * Thank you, Commander Low. I'm grateful to you and the entire leadership team for the warm welcome this evening. I also know that we have your amazing Senator here. He's working every day in Washington for Connecticut's military and veteran families. Dick- Joe and I are thankful for your partnership. And to all of the local elec  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits retaliation against employees * * * After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, a federal court entered a consent judgment requiring a government contractor based in New Bern, North Carolina, to pay a total of $13,085 in back pay and punitive damages to an employee for violating the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fai  more