WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and P.J. O'Brien, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging VASHAWN RAY, 38, of East Hartford, with drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.

The indictment was returned on October 13, 2026, and Ray was arrested yesterday. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford and was ordered detained

As alleged in court documents and statements made in court...