BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw today announced that the following 11 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from t  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery today announced new supervisory appointments within the U.S. Attorney's Office and the office's Criminal Division, which were necessitated by the departure of First Assistant U.S. Attorney Alfred U. Pavlis last month. Marc H. Silverman has been named First Assistant U.S. Attorney, the second-ranking pos  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 10-count indictment charging KIERRA BLOUNT, 34, of Stamford, with fraud, identity theft, and mail theft offenses. The   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently reached a settlement with a Connecticut-based property management company and two property owners for alleged violations of the Lead Disclosure Rule. Under the terms of the settlement, Idoni Management, LLC, Clebridge, LLC and 34 Hulse, LLC agreed to pay a combined penalty of $39,449. "Tenants have a right to know if their unit has lead-based  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUPERT DE LAS CASAS, 64, of Miami, Florida, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to approximately 85 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release for his partic  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has awarded contracts to six companies to supply liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen in support of operations at agency centers and facilities across the United States. The indefinite-delivery/fixed-price contract runs from Monday, July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. The awards and approximate maximum contract values are: * Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, $36.9 million * Airgas USA LLC (South), Kennes  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- President Biden issued the following statement on June 5, 2024, on Senate Republicans blocking nationwide efforts to safeguard access to contraception: * * * Senate Republicans just refused to protect a woman's right to birth control. This is the second time since the Supreme Court's extreme decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that Congressional Republicans have refused to safeguard this fundamental right for women in every state. It's unacceptable. Today's vote comes two d  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The White House issued the following readout of a meeting on June 7, 2024, on contraception access on the 59th anniversary of Griswold vs. Connecticut: * * * Today, to mark the 59th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Griswold v. Connecticut--which found that the constitutional right to privacy protects access to contraception--Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, and Erica Songer, Deputy As  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 -- 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, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a seven-count indictment charging MARKEYSE KELLY, also known as "Curry"  more