A MESSAGE FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEYS
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
Citizens are encouraged to
report corruption to the
Connecticut
Public Corruption Task Force by calling
203-238-0505.
Here are some of their most
recent reports
https://search.justice.gov/search?query=CONNECTICUT+2016&op=Search&affiliate=justice
We have Highlighted Some
Below
Department
of Justice
U.S. Attorney Office
District of Connecticut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in
Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal
Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New
Haven returned a 26-count indictment yesterday charging MITCHELL
ANDERSON, 51, of Avon, and JAMES C. DUCKETT JR., 44,
of Somers, with conspiracy, fraud and related offenses stemming from the City
of Hartfords efforts to revitalize Dillon Stadium and
a plan to bring a professional soccer team to the city.
ANDERSON was arrested this
morning at this residence. He appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven
and was released on a $100,000 bond. DUCKETT surrendered to the FBI in Las Vegas, and is expected to appear in Las Vegas federal court tomorrow.
According to indictment, in September 2014, Hartford
entered into a professional services agreement with ANDERSONs company,
Premier Sports Management Group (PSMG) to secure a professional soccer team and
to develop a new, 9,000 seat facility at the Dillon Stadium location in Hartford. Under the
terms of the agreement, PSMG was entitled to receive $775,000 for serving as
the project manager for the $12 million plan. In February 2015, ANDERSON joined with
DUCKETT, who agreed to be the majority owner of the professional soccer
team. ANDERSON and DUCKETT subsequently represented to various city
officials that PSMG and DUCKETTs Black Diamond
Consulting Group had merged for purposes of completing the Dillon Stadium
project and securing the professional soccer team.
The indictment alleges that, beginning in approximately
March 2015, ANDERSON and DUCKETT submitted invoices to the city for
reimbursement to PSMG subcontractors working on the project.
However, rather than pay the total amounts owed to PSMG subcontractors,
ANDERSON and DUCKETT directed hundreds of thousands of dollars that they
received from the city to themselves, PSMG, Black Diamond and to other entities
not related to the Dillon Stadium project. In addition, the indictment
alleges that ANDERSON and DUCKETT caused inflated invoices to be submitted to
the city.
Continue reading at https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/two-men-charged-connection-hartford-soccer-stadium-project
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U.S.
Attorneys District of Connecticut
News And Press
Releases
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney
District of Connecticut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 25, 2016
Bankruptcy Attorney Charged with
Embezzling Funds
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent
in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that PETER RESSLER,
68, of Woodbridge, was charged today by federal criminal complaint with
embezzlement of debtors funds. RESSLER was an attorney with a bankruptcy
practice based in New Haven.
RESSLER appeared this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge
William I. Garfinkel in Bridgeport and was released on a $100,000
bond. Continue reading at https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/bankruptcy-attorney-charged-embezzling-funds
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U.S. Attorneys District of Connecticut
News And Press
Releases
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorneys Office
District of Connecticut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Joint Investigation Takes Down Willimantic Drug Trafficking Ring
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, Patricia Froehlich, Connecticut State Attorney for the Judicial
District of Windham, Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug
Enforcement Administration for New England, and Cpl. Stanley Parizo, Jr. of the Willimantic Police Department today
announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today
charging nine men with distributing heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in and
around Willimantic.
As alleged in court documents and statements made in court,
in October 2015, the DEA and Willimantic Police Department, with the assistance
of the Connecticut
State Police, initiated
an investigation into a Willimantic-based narcotics trafficking ring. The
investigation, which has included the use of confidential informants, physical
surveillance, controlled purchases of drugs and court authorized wiretaps on
five cellular telephones utilized by the alleged co-conspirators, revealed that
JOSE MIRANDA of the Bronx, New York, was supplying large quantities of heroin
and cocaine to CARLOS LOPEZ-ZELADA of Willimantic and PERSIO HERNANDEZ of North
Windham. LOPEZ-ZELADA and HERNANDEZ, with the help of other
co-conspirators, then distributed heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in the
Willimantic area. The investigation further revealed that LOPEZ-ZELADA
utilized a garage unit located on Willimantic
Road in Chaplin as a stash location and point of
distribution for narcotics.
Continue reading at https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/joint-investigation-takes-down-willimantic-drug-trafficking-ring
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Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Office
Middle District of Pennsylvania
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, May 5, 2016
SCRANTON - The United States Attorney Office for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Sandy Lee Parks, age 60, of
New Haven, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to six bank robberies in Pennsylvania
and two other states.
According to United States
Attorney Peter Smith, in July 2015, a grand jury in Scranton
returned a two-count Indictment alleging that Parks committed the armed robbery
of the Peoples Security Bank, Duryea, on July 3, 2015 and the armed robbery of
the Wells Fargo Bank, Plymouth,
on July 10, 2015.
A subsequent Criminal Information charged Parks with four
additional bank robberies:
- the Savings Institute Bank &
Trust, Westerly, Rhode Island, on February 20, 2015;
- the Coastway
Community Bank, Warwick,
Rhode Island, on June 16,
2015;
- the Citizens Bank, Stonington, Connecticut,
on June 24, 2015; and
- the First Niagara, Upper Macungie Township, PA,
on July 17, 2015.
Today, Parks appeared before Senior United States District
Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik in Federal Court in Scranton, and pleaded
guilty to all six robberies. Continue reading at https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/connecticut-man-pleads-guilty-six-bank-robberies-three-states
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Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Office
District of Connecticut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that JOHN A. BARILE, 52, of East Hartford, was sentenced
today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 71 months of
imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for arson,
insurance fraud, gambling and extortion offenses.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
BARILE was a co-owner of Enzo Restaurant and Lounge,
which was located on Main Street
in Middletown.
By 2009, Enzos was facing financial difficulty, and
BARILE began planning to cause a fire at Enzos in
order to collect the insurance proceeds. In November 2009, BARILE
informed his co-owner about the plan and began consulting with others on how to
start the fire to make it look like an accident.
Continue reading at https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/east-hartford-man-sentenced-71-months-arson-insurance-fraud-gambling-and-extortion
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at
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