FBI New Haven - A Brief History of the New Haven Division

A BRIEF HISTORY of the New Haven Division
pre-1937	The Federal Bureau of Investigation was known simply as the Bureau of Investigation.
1937	The New York Division had one satellite office or Resident Agency (RA) in operation in Hartford, Connecticut.
1938	Between June and November of 1937, the Hartford Division had received only 96 cases from within its own territory.
1942	J. T. Madigan was designated Special Agent in Charge (SAC), New Haven.
1944	R. F. Gleason was named SAC, New Haven.
1945	The New Haven Division was located at 205 Church Street in the Trust Company Building. In March, FBIHQ notified the SAC, New Haven, that a lie detector was not available for use by a local police department because the equipment was being used by the FBI on an experimental basis at that time.
1946	The Greenwich, Connecticut satellite office, or RA, was relocated to the U.S. Post Office Building in Stamford RA.
1947	H. H. Fletcher was appointed SAC, New Haven in January. In June, The Executive Conference recommended that the New Haven Division close every evening between midnight and 8:00 A.M. In July, J. J. Gleason was the new SAC, New Haven.
1950	Galen Nesbit Willis assumed the role of SAC, New Haven.
1952	J. J. Casper began serving as SAC, New Haven
1957	Alton M. Bryant was named SAC, New Haven.
1958	During Fiscal Year (FY) 1957, the New Haven Division handled an average pending workload of 330 criminal, 317 security, and 213 applicant and other investigations. During the year, the Division was staffed by an average of 46 SAs and 29 support employees, and companies were being invited to bid on installing air-conditioning units in its office space. In July, Edward J. McCabe was designated SAC, New Haven
1960	James E. McMahon became SAC, New Haven.
1962	Charles E. Week received his appointment as SAC, New Haven.
1963	The current site of the New Haven Division (a city block bordered by State, Grove, Wall, and Orange Streets) was at that time the New Haven Arena. Jim Morrison and the Doors performed and Morrison was arrested by the New haven Police and charged with public indecency on stage. The incident was memorialized in the Doors song "Peace Frog" which begins with the words, "There's blood on the streets in the town of New Haven."
1964	During FY 1964, the New Haven Division handled an average pending workload of 761 criminal, 325 security, and 302 applicant and other investigations. During the year, the Division was staffed by an average of 60 SAs and 30 support employees.
1969	The New Haven Division received new terminals and was successfully linked to the National Crime Information Center.
1970	In January, the New Haven Division's Headquarters facility moved into its new office space at 770 Chapel Street
1971	During FY 1971, the New Haven Division handled an average pending workload of 1,556 criminal, 1,285 security, and 116 applicant and other investigations. During the year, the Division was staffed by an average of 96 SAs and 51 support employees.
1973	Thomas W. Leavitt assumed the role of SAC, New Haven.
1974	Thomas R. Dugan was appointed SAC, New Haven.
1978	John G. Devine began serving as SAC, New Haven, and the New Haven division began occupying the entire fifth floor of the newly constructed Federal Building at 150 Court Street.
1979	L. Grey Brockman was named SAC, New Haven.
1981	Alonzo L. Lacey, Jr., became SAC, New Haven.
1982	The SAC, New Haven, advised FBIHQ that traditional organized crime had had a strong foothold in southern Connecticut for at least the previous two decades. The major influences had been the Genovese and Gambino families, both of which were controlled by their New York counterparts.
1983	Victor Gerena, a Wells Fargo Armored Service guard in West Hartford, stole approximately $7 million cash. Seventeen persons were charged by a Connecticut federal grand jury with the heist. Four individuals were convicted on 10/4/89 on charges stemming from the Wells Fargo robbery committed by Victor Gerena in 1983. Two other defendants, Paul S. Weinberg, and Luz Berrios, pled guilty before the trial began. On 6/15/89, Palmer was sentenced to 65 years in prison and fined $500,000. Gerena was designated a "Top Ten" fugitive.
1986	Stanley Klein began serving as SAC, New Haven.
1990	Milt Ahlerich reported to the New Haven Division as SAC.
1994	Merrill S. Parks, Jr., was appointed SAC, New Haven.
1999	Michael Wolf became SAC, New Haven
2000	The New Haven Division moved to its current location at 600 State St.
2004	The New Haven Division opened a new lab dedicated to detecting computer-related crimes and training federal, state and local police to catch Internet pedophiles, frauds, and thieves.
2005	Kimberly Mertz reported to the New Haven Division as the 18th and the first female SAC.