John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY PENA, 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today
by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 71 months of
imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally
possessing a loaded firearm.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
on June 24, 2018, Hartford Police responded to the area of 862 Albany Avenue
where they found Pena in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed a loaded
Glock 21 .45 caliber firearm with an extended magazine containing 20 rounds,
and a backpack that contained a magazine with 10 rounds, a quantity of
marijuana, and $1,420 in cash. The
firearm had been reported stolen in North Carolina in 2012.
In May 2012, Pena was convicted in state court of robbery in
the first degree and conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree. In May 2014, he was convicted of failure to
appear in the first degree.
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.
Pena has been detained since June 24, 2018. On July 17, 2019, he pleaded guilty to one
count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Connecticut
Violent Crime Task Force and the Hartford Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S.
Attorney Jennifer R. Laraia.
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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