U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut

Yesterday, members of our office fanned out across Connecticut at Stand Down events in Bridgeport, Bristol, Danbury, Norwich, Rocky Hill & Stamford to meet with veterans and discuss how the Justice Department protects and enforces their civil rights. #standdown2024

Sextortion is a particularly heinous type of blackmail used by offenders to acquire sexual content from teens or young children online. Protecting our children requires vigilance, on their part and ours. If they fall victim, please preserve the evidence and report the crime to local police, FBI or Homeland Security Investigations. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eetxRRPd

On International Overdose Awareness Day, we thank our law enforcement partners and parent volunteers for joining us in attacking the scourge of deadly fentanyl from all sides. Together with our Assistant United States Attorneys, we have removed countless kilograms of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced drugs from Connecticut streets. And our HEAT program—which brings together experienced prosecutors, DEA agents, and parents who have lost a child to an opioid overdose---continues to educate Connecticut high school students that #OnePillCanKill. #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay

Last week, I was honored to join the Chief Prosecutors Roundtable Panel at the National Black Prosecutors Association #NBPA Conference in Boston. Combining crime prevention and intervention strategies with traditional prosecution work, and fostering #CommunityEngagement in jurisdictions across the nation has enhanced #PublicSafety and the delivery of #Justice. I applaud my fellow U.S. Attorneys and state and local prosecutors from Connecticut and beyond who are doing this innovative and impactful work.

#NIBIN has been a game changer. It helps us connect ammunition to guns and guns to shooters, and allows us and our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to solve more crimes and hold more violent criminals accountable, making our communities safer. I thank #ATFBoston and CT Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for their leadership in this area.

Connecticut has stood out as a model for the success of NIBIN. It has allowed us to solve crimes and bring individuals who are terrorizing our communities to justice.

Interns help fuel the pipeline to careers in #PublicService. On Friday, U.S. Attorney Avery and our Assistant U.S. Attorneys joined our agency partners at the FBI New Haven, DEA New England, ATF Boston, and the US Marshals Service to host our USAO Law Student Interns and college interns from the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (LCD) Summer Pipeline program for an annual career forum. Early exposure to a variety of career paths benefits us all. #Interns #JusticeForAll https://lnkd.in/ewPAVTf9 https://lnkd.in/e6jyZ8sa

Attention: #WeAreHiring for a Civil Assistant United States Attorney in Connecticut. See details below: https://lnkd.in/eNQt6MgD

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15, and we ask the public to be aware of abuse and neglect affecting older people, and to assist law enforcement in preventing elder fraud. #WEAAD https://lnkd.in/eT8eyv9g

I was delighted to join Director Rachel Rossi of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Access to Justice as she gave keynote remarks at the Connecticut Bar Foundation’s Annual Reception, following a series of visits around the state. Expanding #AccesstoJustice by enhancing legal services furthers our common mission. justice.gov/atj