Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that JEROME T. WALKER, also known as “Ratchet,” 26, of
New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in
Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised
release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
WALKER also was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
on October 14, 2014, officers from the New Haven Police Department conducted a
traffic stop of WALKER, who was driving with a suspended license, in the
vicinity of Norton Street and Elm Street.
After initially pulling over, WALKER accelerated from the scene at high
rate of speed. A short time later, New
Haven and Hamden Police officers found WALKER’s vehicle parked at a residence
on Warner Street in Hamden. Officers
then observed WALKER walking in front of the residence and he was placed under
arrest. In the vicinity, officers found
a duffel bag containing a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolver and a set of
car keys belonging to the vehicle that WALKER had been driving.
WALKER has previously been convicted of multiple felony
offenses. It is a violation of federal
law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm
or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.
WALKER has been detained since his arrest. On November 17, 2014, he pleaded guilty to
possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
This matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the New Haven Police Department and the
Hamden Police Department. The case was
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anthony Kaplan and Jennifer Laraia.
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