Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Amazon

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that RAJHNI…

Farmington Man Sentenced to Prison for Florida to Connecticut Gun Trafficking Scheme

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOMINIC COLON-BROWN, 28, of Farmington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to…

School District Is Requiring Its Employees To Call Students By Preferred Pronouns, Names

School District Is Requiring Its Employees To Call Students By Preferred Pronouns, Names Reagan Reese on August 19, 2022 HARTFORD, CT – A Connecticut school district policy went into effect Tuesday which…

Connecticut Man Indicted in Human Smuggling Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Connecticut man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Worcester for conspiracy to commit human smuggling offenses. Fagner Chaves De Lima, 41, of East Hartford, Conn., was…

Stamford Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $4 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds

Moustapha Diakhate, 46, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraudulent receiving…

Rochester Man Arrested On Gun And Drug Charges After Fleeing Police

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Joshua Massey, 32, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession…

Rochester Man Arrested On Gun And Drug Charges

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Christian G. Cruz, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession…

Indictment Charges New Haven Man with Firearm and Narcotics Offenses

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford…

Bridgeport Tax Return Preparer Sentenced Prison for Tax Fraud

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TORISE BAKER, 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three…

Bloomfield Man Sentenced for Selling Heroin, Possessing Firearm

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on July 29, 2022, MICHAEL SIMPSON, 33, of Bloomfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson…

Former State Court Victim Advocate Sentenced to 9 Years for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that…

Norwich Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Distributing Drugs and Possessing Gun on Supervised Release

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTOINE WALKER, 42, of Norwich, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to…

‘Survivors Have Been Waiting’: Boy Scouts Decades-Long Litigation Nears End With $2.7 Billion Settlement

‘Survivors Have Been Waiting’: Boy Scouts Decades-Long Litigation Nears End With $2.7 Billion Settlement John Hugh DeMastri on August 1, 2022 A judge approved framework for a $2.7 billion settlement that bring The…

Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Markus Saez, 28, of Bloomfield, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 54 months in prison after his conviction…

Pilot Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited from Paraguay

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that RONIER SANCHEZ…

North Haven Man Charged for Driveby Splat Gun Shooting in Cromwell

CROMWELL, CT – It is a growing trend across America as people are doing driveby shootings with toy gel ball guns. This time, the victim was struck several times in the face…

South Windsor Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Grandparents of $679K

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DOUGLAS SENERTH, 33, of South Windsor, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to…

Connecticut Man Sentenced to 70 Months’ Imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Cocaine Base from Rutland Apartment

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Ralph Mariani (a.k.a. “D”), 28, of West Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced on July 20, 2022 in United States…

Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL MUNN, 55, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 60…

Operator of Missouri Aircraft Supply Businesses Pleads Guilty in $7 Million Fraud Scheme

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson,…

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