NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: 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 JAIRO ABREU, 31, of Danbury, has been charged by indictment with a fentanyl trafficking offense. As alleged in court documents and state  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD JOHNSON, 32, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Harford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine and oxycodone. According to court doc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: NYZAIRE BARNES, also known as "Melo," 19, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a racketeering offense stemming from his role in a violent New Haven street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; John P. Doyle,  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: JAIVAUN McKNIGHT, also known as "Sav," 25, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to multiple offenses stemming from his participation in the 960 gang, a violent Waterbury street gang. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Maureen T. Platt, State'  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL LEE, 26, of Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. Accordin  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut and the New England Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration have released a public service announcement asking Connecticut residents to remain vigilant during this ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, and issuing a warning about the increasing percentage of fentanyl now found in counterfeit presc  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a 40-year-old unlawfully present fugitive being sought by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for statutory rape of a minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the Brazilian national Feb.14 near his residence in Bridgeport, Connecticut. "In addition to violating our immigratio  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) that expands opportunities for group religious practice throughout the state prison system. The agreement resolves the department's investigation of CDOC, pursuant to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Under the agreement, C  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will christen its newest Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony March 16, at General Dynamics Electric Boat, in Groton, Connecticut. The Honorable Nickolas H. Guertin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA), will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Senior representatives from the Navy, t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: STRATFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD JOHNSON, 32, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Harford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine and oxycodone.   more