NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 22, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the government and the Discovery Zone Learning Center ("Discovery Zone"), a private childcare center with locations in Columbia, Hebron, and Marlborough, Connecticut, have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that Discovery   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NERICK DIAZ-QUESADA, 25, of New Britain, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. According to court documen  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: EZRA ALVES, also known as "EJ" and "Ezzy," 23, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 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; M  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CALVIN ROBERSON, also known as "Cutty," 41, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 348 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in the kidnapping and murder of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - 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  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Justice Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 24-052) on March 6, 2024, entitled "Audit of the Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative Grants Awarded to Sea Research Foundation Inc. Mystic, Connecticut." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Objectives The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded the Sea Research Foundation, Inc. (SRF) two grants totaling  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:20-cv-0397; D. Conn. filed March 25, 2020) involving Bernard Findley and Halitron Inc.: * * * SEC Obtains Judgments Against Microcap Company and its CEO Following Trial * * * On March 20, 2024, a federal district court in Connecticut entered final judgments against Connecticut-based penny stock company Halitron, Inc. and its CEO, Bernard Findley. The judgments follow a trial and a Ja  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: HHS Principals visited 11 medical schools marking Match Day in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, California, the Cherokee Nation, Georgia, Wisconsin, and New Mexico Secretary Xavier Becerra delivered remarks and celebrated students at Howard University's College of Medicine marking the 71st anniversary of Match Day - the annual nationwide event where  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, has announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a superseding indictment charging LUIS DeJESUS, 29, of Hartford, with narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. As alleged in court documents and statements made in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WINDSOR, Conn. - 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  more