NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAQUAN LAMONT WRIGHT, 26, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing and selling firearms. Accor  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: A federal jury in Bridgeport has found JOSHUA GILBERT, also known as "Lor Heavy," 22, and LORENZO CARTER, also known as "Zo," 29, guilty of racketeering offenses related to their involvement in a violent Bridgeport street gang. The trial before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley began on October 18 and the jury returned the guilty verdi  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 21 -- 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 JUAN SANCHEZ-RAZON, also known as "Juanito," 29, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Enfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 25 months of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine. According to court documents and statem  more

WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Bradley International Airport (BDL) will see travel volume increase this week and the TSA team at BDL has been proactively preparing for the increase. Holiday travelers should expect Tuesday, Wednesday and the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving to be the busiest days during this holid  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brendan Salmon, 30, also known as "Nice," of Hartford, Connecticut, and Lincoln Anthony Robinson, Jr., 28, of Windsor, Connecticut, were arrested on Thursday, November 16, 2023 in Hardwick, Vermont. Salmon was charged by criminal complaint with distributing fentany  more