NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL OLIVER, also known as "Chase," 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Harford to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl. According to court docu  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL DeFILIPPO, 37, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to a civil rights offense related to DeFilippo's  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Div  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL B. PINES, 75, of Avon, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million. According to court documents  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANNON WINSTON, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm trafficking and possession offenses. According to court doc  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, in July and August 2023,  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging LEVERN MARION, 35, of West Haven, with  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Deportation officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston's Hartford office apprehended an unlawfully present Bangladeshi national recently arrested by Connecticut police for sexual abuse of minors. Deportation officers arrested the 47-year-old in Litchfield April 22. "This unlawfully present individual allegedly brought harm   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Docket No. 09-197) on May 7, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support, Petition for Limited Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, North Carolina, New York, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia ORDER   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: The Federal Election Commission cited one campaign committee today for failing to file the 12-Day Pre-Convention Report required by the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the Act), for the Republican Party Convention being held on May 13, 2024 in Connecticut. As of May 9, 2024, the required disclosure report had not been received from: - Hyde for Senate (CT) The pre-convent  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- 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, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KYLE PETERSEN, 38, of Newington, and ERIK PETERSEN, also known as "P  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: A Connecticut doctor was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Dr. Donald Salzberg, 69 of Avon, Conn., was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised relea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Norwalk, CT - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to a fentanyl trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, in J  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Vanessa United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and William Tong, Connecticut Attorney General, today announced that BOHUN CHOI, DDS and MICHONG SON, DDS, and their businesses, C&S FAMILY DENTAL NEW BRITAIN, LLC, and C&S FAMILY DENTAL WATERBURY, LLC, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in "quick release" Emergency Relief (ER) funds for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). "I-95 is a critical highway--for both the people of Connecticut and our nation's transportation network--and the Biden-Harris Administration focused immediately on   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: "I-95 is a critical highway--for both the people of Connecticut and our nation's transportation network--and the Biden-Harris Administration focused immediately on helping Governor Lamont quickly restore travel," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "These emergency funds helped Connecticut DOT safely repair and reopen the road in less than 80 hours and ca  more