A man involved in a high-profile murder case in Bridgeport is set to be released from prison. Adrian Peeler, 48, was granted clemency by former President Joe Biden. Peeler was convicted of conspiring with his brother to kill Karen Clarke and her 8-year-old son,
Former President Joe Biden's commutations of Connecticut federal cases included clemency for Bridgeport's Adrian Peeler and Jermayne Butler of New Haven.
Shaquil Gary, of New Haven, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for possession of a firearm while on supervised release, officials said.
State and local leaders in Connecticut are reacting to a Department of Justice memo on immigration, which says the Trump administration will prosecute officials who resist its crackdown on illegal
Bridgeport leaders are working together with mayors and superintendents from Connecticut’s largest cities – Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury.
New Haven public school cafeteria workers represented by the union, Unite Here Local 217, held a protest outside of the Board of Education building on Wednesday. The protest began around 2:30 p.m. and members were heard chanting,
Bridgeport Public Schools released guidance Tuesday saying federal immigration authorities are prohibited from entering its buildings without prior permission.
It was built in 2021 and in its first eighteen months it distributed eleven tons of healthy greens grown in its garden to feed the food insecure.
Relatives of an 8-year-old boy and his mother who were murdered by a Connecticut drug gang are outraged that a man convicted in the killings was one of nearly 2,500 people whose drug-related prison sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden in his last days in office.
Black Rock NRZ, DSSD, PT Partners, Bridgeport Public Schools, Bridgeport Environmental Advocates, Ash Creek Conservation supported the city joining the program.
In the final moments of his presidency, Biden commuted a federal drug sentence for Adrian Peeler, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Karen Clarke and BJ Brown.
Officials speak out on immigration battle in New Haven