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Federal Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday August 18, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NORWALK, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment trafficking fentanyl. According to court documents an  more

NUWC Division Newport marine biologist studies fin whale stranding in Rhode Island
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: A 42-foot, 25,000-pound fin whale that had to be euthanized in February after a stranding in a Rhode Island pond could help the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport biologists and engineers learn more about collisions between marine mammals and U.S. Navy vessels. On Feb. 29, the Animal Rescue Program (ARP) team at Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, in collaboration with the R.I. Department of Environm  more