WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 17, 2023: The Attorneys General of Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington and West Virginia today joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia, against Google for monopolizing m  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 21, 2023, by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta at the 26th Annual Liman Colloquium at Yale Law School: * * * Thank you, Lisa [Foster], for that kind introduction and your incredible leadership on the issue of fines and fees in our justice system. And thanks to you and Judith [Resnik] for bringing us together to discuss these important issues, as well as to the many students and staff   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEVAUGHN WATSON, also known as "Russ," 29, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 44 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking offense, an  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZ, also known as "Turtle," 40, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a large  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONNA CARNEY, 67, of Canton, was sentenced today by U.S. Circuit Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in Bridgeport to one month of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develo  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William Tong, Connecticut Attorney General, today announced that KELLY STUTZMAN ("Stutzman"), and her business, K-ASSIST, LLC ("K-Assist"), entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments and paid more than $234,000 to r  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, posted the following news release on April 20, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that New London, Connecticut, landlord Richard Bruno violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants and applicants. The settlement also resolves claims against Domco LLC and Domco II LLC, which, along with Bruno, o  more

ANSONIA, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEVAUGHN WATSON, also known as "Russ," 29, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 44 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking o  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZ, also known as "Turtle," 40, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his ro  more

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM VALERIO-PALERMO, also known as "Willy," 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in East Hartford, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment for trafficking acetylf  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery, Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo have announced that the following four individuals have been arrested in federal criminal complaints charging each with conspiracy to distribute controll  more

NEW BRITAIN, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAFAEL MARTINEZ, 31, of New Britain, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release for fentanyl distribution and firearm possession offenses.   more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: Similar hazards killed two workers at VA facility in Connecticut in 2020 Z - Federal safety inspectors found that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs endangered maintenance workers at its healthcare facility in Prescott by allowing them to work on steam lines without ensuring they followed required safety procedures. The U.S. Department of Labor's Oc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is installing two new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners. Installation of the new equipment will occur in a phased approach, with one new lane being equipped weekly over the next two weeks. Once each lane is modified  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured an agreement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that New London, Connecticut, landlord Richard Bruno violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants and applicants. The settlement also resolves claims against Domco LLC and Domco II LLC, which, along with Bruno, owned the properties where the alleged harassment occurr  more