Legal News for Newhven, Connecticut

United States of America v. Marc Anthony Alexander

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. In 2022, a business known as “Traveling Graces, LLC” was registered with the State of Connecticut with Melanie Ham as its registered agent and “Dr. Marc Anthony Alexander,” formerly of Milford, Connecticut, as its manager. Between July 2023 ... More...

State of Vermont v. Ryan Palmer

River Junction, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with 12 counts of soliciting prostitution and other sex crimes. Windsor County Sheriff Ryan Palmer is charged with 12 counts after state troopers received tips about Palmer’s alleged sexual misconduct when investigating his office’s finances.... More...

United States of America v. Carlos Egerto Jimenez-Tun

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry by a removed alien. Carlos Egberto-Jimenez, 28, a citizen of Guatemala, reentered by the United States after being removed in 2019. Jimenez was arrested in Bridgeport by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations following his release from state custody. U.S. Attorney Sullivan stressed tha... More...

State of Connecticut v. Isiah Falconer

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Isiah Falconer accused of shooting at a juvenile from whom is was going to buy a watch he found for sale on the Internet. When the sale wasn't going through an electronic app, Falconer pulled out a gun, which led to a struggle and the 18-year-old firing off several shots, Murgo said in the rel... More...

United States of America v. Victoria Kates

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud involving unemployment insurance and wire faud regarding PPP loan. From March 2020 through May 2021, Victoria Kates, age 35, of New Britain, defrauded the CT-DOL of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the CT-DOL on behalf of her family, acquaintances, and others. Kates prepared... More...

United States of America v. Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation. An April 29, 2025, the Stamford Police Department secured an arrest warrant charging Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia, age 21, a citizen of Ecuador residing in West Haven, with felony risk of injury and interfering with an officer. Tenesaca Mejia subsequently fled Connecticut with a 14-year-old... More...

Nathaniel Silva, et al. v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wage and hour act violation theory. Two commercial truck drivers worked for a baked goods company as W-2 employees through a staffing agency. As a condition of continued work, the company required them to create corporations and execute distributor agreements in their capacities as presidents of the new ... More...

United States of America v. Analia Montzoures

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paid her employees in cash, did not report their wages to the state or federal government, did not file required IRS forms related to her employees, did not issue W-2 forms, did not withhold employee taxes as required, and did not pay federal employment taxes and withholding. Mountzoures operated Mountzour... More...

State of Connecticut v. Edward Casigne

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defendant lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carrying a Pistol without a Permit, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 29-35(a)(1), Weapon in a Motor Vehicle, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 29-38(a), Possession of a Large Capacity Magazine, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53-202w(c)(1), and Criminal Possession o... More...

State of Connecticut v. Frankie Dejesus

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with murder. Frankie DeJesus, age 28, of Waterbury, with murder for killing William Beltran in Waterbury in 2022. The evidence presented at trial consisted of an eyewitness who placed DeJesus at the scene of the murder with a motive, as well as surveillance cameras, cell phone evidence, and ballistic comp... More...

State of Connecticut v. Santos Vasquez Ramirez

Danbury, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charge with second-degree murder. Santos Vasquez Ramirez, 28, of Pawling, New York, was accused with killing Elias "Aurelio" Zhunio-Orbez. The family of Elias "Aurelio" Zhunio-Orbez described the 66-year-old homicide victim, a devout Mormon and taxi driver from Danbury, as "joyful" and "compassionate."... More...

United States of America v. Vincenzo Minutolo

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds. Nn March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES A... More...

State of Connecticut v. Barry Evans

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendan tchared with DUI.... More...

United States of America v. Tyssan Woods

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer, carjacking, possession of a machine gun, and motor vehicle theft.... More...

Jacqueline Harris v. Amazon.com Services LLC

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.... More...

Eric Erickson v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Company

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. employee benefits.... More...

United States of America v. Emmanuel Gonzalez

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Google A.I.: Federal conspiracy to distribute controlled substances is a serious criminal charge under 21 U.S.C. § 846 that targets an agreement between two or more individuals to violate federal drug laws, such as manufacturing or distributing illegal dru... More...

Wilbert Rivera v. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company doing business as M&T Bank Corporation

New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Family & Medical Leave Act violation theory. Google A.I.: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that offers eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually for certain family and medical situations, along with continued group health benefits. The FMLA app... More...

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murde. Sergio Thomas, 39, of New Haven, was accused of shooting and killing 26-year-old Daiquan Hyman of East Haven and 32-year-old Ernest Williams of New Haven.... More...

State of Connecticut v. John Doe

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents a 13-year-old boy who is charged with killing Kaiden Phillips, age 15.... More...

Veronica-May Clark v. Gerald Valletta, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a deliberate indifference constitutional violation. Plaintiff Veronica-May Clark is a transgender inmate in the Connecticut prison system claiming that corrections officials violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to provide certain treatments for gender dysphoria, including stronger hormone therapy and a vaginoplas... More...

United States of America v. Kevin Barco

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm. David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an in... More...

United States of America v. Kevin J. Barko

New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sentenced today to federal prison. A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. On April 24, 2025, Barco possessed a Springfield Armory... More...

United States of America v. Kevin Barco

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.. The indictment was returned on September 3, 2025. Barco appeared befo... More...

United States of America v. Yesenia Melendez Rincon

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Nationwide Jewelry Theft Ring David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that YESENIA MELENDEZ RINCON, 41, a citizen of Colombia last residing in Kissimmee, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 24 months of impriso... More...