NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LATRELL ROUNTREE, also known as "Roundtree," 28, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing firearms in furthera  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN JONES II, also known as "Ox" and "Scott," 31, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for heading a Bridgeport na  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARIUS LAMONT MAYE, also known as "Pee Wee," 49, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for distributing fent  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that Clarest, LLC, doing business as Clarest Health, ProCare LTC New England LTC, and ProCare LTC Pharmacy of Connecticut LLC ("ProCare"), have ent  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on August 25, 2023, JOSE L. GERENA, 33, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine through the U.S.  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Phillip M. Coyne, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that DENNIS TOMCZAK, 73, of Somers, has  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Connecticut will receive $3 million and Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven metropolitan areas will each receive up to $1 million made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 1 is awarding a total of $6 million from the agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program to the State of Connecticut and three metrop  more

CHESHIRE, Connecticut, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division posted the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that Clarest, LLC, doing business as Clarest Health, ProCare LTC New England LTC, and ProCare LTC Pharmacy of Connecticut LLC ("ProCare"), have entered into a   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: A federal grand jury in the District of Connecticut returned a superseding indictment today charging a Connecticut-based oil and gas trader for his role in an alleged scheme to pay bribes to Brazilian officials to win contracts with Brazil's state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras). According to court documents, Gary Oztemel, 66, of  more