A state judge sentenced Rashod Newton to 35 years in prison after the 29-year-old New Havener pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend, Alessia Mesquita. State Superior Court Judge Gerald Harmon ...

Rashod Newton, then 29, of New Haven, pleaded guilty to murder in connection with Alessia Mesquita’s death and first-degree assault in connection with an unrelated 2020 West Haven shooting in ...

Rashod Newton, 29, also pleaded guilty in New Haven Superior Court to a charge of first-degree assault and under terms of a plea agreement faces up to 38 years in prison when he is sentenced ...