U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery
Recent News About U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery
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Danbury non-profit settles over false claims regarding employee children's enrollment
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that the Connecticut Institute for the Communities, Inc. (CIFC) has entered into a civil settlement agreement and paid $85,600 to resolve allegations that two of its former employees falsely claimed to be homeless while enrolling their children in CIFC’s Head Start programs.
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Shelton man charged with producing child sex abuse images
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Michael J. Krol, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New England, and Connecticut State Police Colonel Daniel Loughman announced that Ross DeLibro, 53, of Shelton, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with production of child pornography.
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West Hartford man pleads guilty in catalytic converter theft ring
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Yanquee Rodriguez, also known as "Yankster Rodriguez," 28, of West Hartford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford to offenses related to his participation in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.
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Waterbury gang member sentenced to over fourteen years for violent crimes
Jaivaun McKnight, also known as “Sav,” 25, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for offenses related to his participation in a violent Waterbury street gang.
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Hartford man charged with receiving explicit images from minor on Discord
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 Marvyn Escobar, 26, of Hartford, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with child exploitation offenses.
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Prisoner sentenced to additional time for escape from Bloomfield halfway house
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Hector Santiago, 29, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to four months of imprisonment for escaping from a halfway house in Bloomfield.
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Tolland strip club employee pleads guilty to facilitating prostitution
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Mayo, 41, of Manchester, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to an offense related to the operation of the Electric Blue strip club in Tolland.