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 ...