NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KARINA CINTRON SANTIAGO, 25, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 16 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine into Connecticut. Accordi  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: DEVIN SUGGS, also known as "JB," 20, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a violent New Haven street gang and several gang-related shootings. Today's announcement was made by Vanessa Roberts Avery  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY Raytheon Technologies, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (fixed-price incentive and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $1,944,082,765 to perform the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA All-Up Rounds for the U.S. government and Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case requirements. The work will be performed in Tucson  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- 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 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   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- 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, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging LUIS RODRIGUEZ, also known as "Plum" and "Minnie  more

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, July 26 -- The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka issued the following news release: Through the work of the United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission, the United States and Sri Lanka support and encourage academic exchanges between both countries. This week, 100 Sri Lankan students and scholars attended a pre-departure orientation hosted by the Fulbright Commission and EducationUSA, preparing them for success in their educational pursuits at universities across the United States.  more