Man Gets Prison In Murder-For-Hire Attack, Drug Operation

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal authorities say a New London man is headed to prison for his role in a fatal stabbing linked to a drug operation.
The U.S. Attorney’s office says Oscar Valentin was sentenced Thursday to 16 years behind bars.
Authorities say former members of the “Green Garages” operation had tried to kill Valentin in a murder-for-hire plot in 2011.
Authorities say Valentin then orchestrated the killing of the brother-in-law— Javier Reyes —of a