NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AURELIA CAROLINA LARA-DIAZ, 30, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to 50 months of imprisonment for trafficking fentanyl and crystal methamph  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended a Mexican national convicted of twice operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Deportation officers arrested the 31-year-old Mexican noncitizen July 18 in Sterling. "This Mexican noncitizen was convicted for twice driving under the influence of alcohol, endangering the safety of Massachusetts re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud insurance providers for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients. Jeffrey MacEachron, 60, pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with one count of health care fraud; aiding and abetting. U.S. District Court Judge   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Three leaders at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport each were presented the Department of the Navy (DON) Meritorious Civilian Service Award during the command's Annual Awards ceremony held on June 20. Jay J. Melillo, director, Customer Advocate Office and Field Team Operations Office; Thomas Carroll, Other Transaction Authority (OTA) program manager, Strategic Planning Office; and Chris Kenne  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: * * * The U.S. DOT Volpe Center and U.S. DOT's SBIR Program Leverages Innovation to Advance Transit Safety Improvements * * * U.S. DOT's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards more than $10 million annually to small businesses to enable research on and development of innovative solutions to our nation's transportation c  more