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News Tipoffs - Connecticut Editors Newsletter for Thursday May 09, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Man Who Trafficked Guns Into Bridgeport Sentenced to Federal Prison
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANNON WINSTON, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm trafficking and possession offenses. According to court doc  more

Conn. U.S. Attorney: Norwalk Resident Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, in July and August 2023,  more

FCC Issues Order Involving Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support, Petition for Limited Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia ORDER   more

Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KYLE PETERSEN, 38, of Newington, and ERIK PETERSEN, also known as "P  more

Norwalk Resident Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Norwalk, CT - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, in J  more

NUWC Division Newport digital engineering lead earns DON Superior Civilian Service Award
WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - David Toth, digital engineering lead, in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Chief Engineer Office, has earned the Department of the Navy (DON) Superior Civilian Service Award, the second highest honorary civilian award bestowed by the U.S. Navy. The award recognizes Toth's many significant achievements from January 2019 to the present, not only as NUWC Divi  more