John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that OSHANE ELLIS, 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today
by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 24 months of
imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally
possessing two loaded firearms.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
on August 5, 2018, at approximately 10:15 pm, Hartford Police officers
responded to a report that a man named “Oshane” was waving a gun in the air and
threatening to kick a woman’s apartment door down. Ellis was found in the vicinity sitting in a
car. A search of the car revealed a
loaded .357 caliber revolver and a loaded Glock 21, .45 caliber pistol. The .357 caliber revolver had been reported
stolen from a Hartford residence in June 2018.
Ellis’s criminal history includes state felony convictions
for burglary and larceny offenses, and was on special parole at the time he
possessed the two firearms.
Ellis has been detained in state custody since his arrest on
August 5, 2018, and he is currently serving a state sentence for violating his
parole. Ellis’s state sentence is
scheduled to expire in August 2022.
On November 26, 2018, Ellis pleaded guilty in federal court
to one count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
This case was investigated by the Hartford Police Department
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Northern Connecticut Violent Crimes
Task Force. The case was prosecuted by
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Gustafson.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a
program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities
they serve to reduce violent crime and make neighborhoods safer for everyone.
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