NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that West Hartford Acupuncture, located at 173 Oakwood Avenue in West Hartford, has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the agreement, West Hartford Acupuncture has agreed   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: ZIARE DEDRICK, also known as "Zi" and "Hb Zi," 21, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 255 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his participation in a violent Bridgeport street gang, including his involvement the murder of Ty'Quess Moore in December 2019. Tod  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN BERNARDO, 66, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 13 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a scheme to steal COVID-19 relief fund  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in New Haven has found DONELL ALLICK, JR., also known as "D-Nice," 24, guilty of narcotics offenses. Following the trial and before the jury returned its verdict, Allick also pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing firear  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Waterbury residents were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford for their participation in a fentanyl and heroin trafficking organization. ELIAS SANCHEZ-MARTINEZ, 31, was sentenced to 135 months of imprisonment, and IMIRICI SO  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAUREN DiMASSA, formerly known as LAUREN KNOX, 38, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to six months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a sche  more

WATERBURY, Massachusetts, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two Waterbury residents were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford for their participation in a fentanyl and heroin trafficking organization. ELIAS SANCHEZ-MARTINEZ, 31, was sentenced to 135 months  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: * * * Company Refused to Accommodate Employee with Autism and ADHD, Then Retaliated Against Him, Federal Agency Charges * * * Otis Worldwide Corporation, doing business as Otis Elevator Company -- a global company based in Farmington, Connecticut that constructs, repairs, modernizes, and maintains elevators, escalators, and related equipment -- violated federal law by fail  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: EPA, The Justice Department, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, to resolve the Clean Water Act and Massachusetts state law. The proposed consent decree calls for Holyoke to take further remedial action to reduce ongoing sewage discharges into the Connecticut River from the city's sewer collection and storm  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, to resolve the Clean Water Act and Massachusetts state law. The proposed consent decree calls for Holyoke to take further remedial action to reduce ongoing sewage discharges into the Connecticut River from the city's sewer c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: The City of Holyoke has entered into a proposed consent decree with federal and state environmental enforcement authorities agreeing to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and Massachusetts state law to reduce future sewage discharges into the Connecticut River from the City's sewer collection and stormwater systems. The consent   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Connecticut Congressional Republicans have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over  more