Connecticut Armed Robbery Law
<H2> <center> State of Connecticut v. Isiah Falconer </h2> </center>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Isiah Falconer accused of shooting at a juvenile from whom is was going to buy a watch he found for sale on the Internet. When the sale wasn't going through an electronic app, Falconer pulled out a gun, which led to a struggle and the 18-year-old firing off several shots, Murgo said in the rel... More...
$ (01-12-2026 - CT)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kevin Barco </h1></center></h1>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Loaded Firearm.<br> <br> David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Bryan DiGirolamo, Acting Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an in... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - CT)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kevin J. Barko </h1></center></h1>
New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess and distribute contraband inside the facility was sentenced today to federal prison.<br> <br> A federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <br> On April 24, 2025, Barco possessed a Springfield Armory... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - CT)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kevin Barco </h1></center></h1>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.<br> <br> A federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging KEVIN BARCO, 41, of Hartford, with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon..<br> <br> The indictment was returned on September 3, 2025. Barco appeared befo... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - CT)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. James Graham a/k/a “Little Cuz†</h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Obstructing Justice </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gang Member Sentenced for Obstructing Justice<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> JAMES GRAHAM, also known as “Little Cuz,†25, formerly of New Haven, was se... More...
$0 (05-05-2025 - CT)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Quinn Mooring </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gun Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Gun Trafficking Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the Distric... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - CT)</center><h1><center> United States of America v. Lonny Cross </h1></center></h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Robbery Spree </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bristol Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Violent Robbery Spree in 2022</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting Unit... More...
$0 (03-05-2025 - CT)</center><h1><center> United States of America v. Andy Marte aka “AD†</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Drug Robbery Attempt</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the Distri... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Francesco Pensiero a/k/a Frank Pensiero </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing 3 Banks </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Stamford Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 3 Banks in 2020 </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States A... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Osiris Muhammad </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Gun Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Gun Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> OSIRIS MUHAMMAD, 24, of Hartford, was indicted... More...
$0 (01-30-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Shaquil Gary </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Gun While on Supervised Release </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Gun While on Supervised Release </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> SH... More...
$0 (01-22-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Jalen Lasalle </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for committing a series of gunpoint robberies targeting individual sellers of luxury goods over online marketplaces. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods o... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. John Villegas a/k/a “Kirby†</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces </h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Shacquille Jackson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing firearms. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bridgeport Felon Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms</h2></center></b></b><br> <br> SHACQUILLE JACKSON, 31, of Bridgeport, was charged with illega... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Shayquan Gray a/k/a “Scooby†</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gun and Drug Offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> HAYQUAN GRAY, also known as “Scooby,†24, of ... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - CT)<h2> <center> State of Connecticut v. Kenyal Vickers </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree and attempted robbery.<br> </h2><br> <br> The defendant, Kenyal Vickers, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2), two counts of bre... More...
$0 (10-29-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Zan Hairston Jr. </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Firearms </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bridgeport Felon Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, U... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Timothy Turman aka “Murder†</h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Felon Caught with Gun in Bloomfield Sentenced to 54 Months in Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United State... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - CT)<h2> <center> State of Connecticut v. Timothy Brelsford </h2> </center>
<h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping in the second-degree wiht a firearm, attempted murder, criminal used of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carjacking, robbery in the first degree and two counts of risk of injury to a child.<br> </h2>... More...
$0 (07-30-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Kevin Rivera </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealing </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Conne... More...
$0 (06-17-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Christopher Gaskin </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Loaded Handgun </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Felon Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Loaded Handgun</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for ... More...
$0 (06-12-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Elliott Otero </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center><br> <br> Elliott Otero, 34, of Manchester, was sentenced to 48 months of imp... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Elliott Otero </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of ... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Gino Rizzo </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022 .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Middletown Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022.</h2></center><br> <br> Gino Rizzo, 29, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U... More...
$0 (04-17-2024 - CT)<h1><center> United States of America v. Natasha Garcia </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role in Kidnapping and Murder .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Kidnapping and Murder </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Nataha Garcia, 29, formerly of Chicopee,... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - CT)<h2><center> United States of America v. Robert Smith </h2></center>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an armed robbery of a gas station in North New Haven.<br> <br> The ATF and the New Haven Police Department investigators identified an individual who is alleged to have committed a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking that occurred in late June and early July 2022. The investigation rev... More...
$0 (09-28-2023 - CT)<h2><center> United States of America v. Shamari Smith, a/k/a "Dakota" </h2></center>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.<br> <br> On December 24, 2020, Calvin Roberson and another individual kidnapped Francisco Roman, Jr., 28, at gunpoint from his residence in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Roberson and his associate threatened to harm Roman if he did not comply with their orders, handcuffed him, and stole cash, marij... More...
$0 (06-06-2023 - CT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joshua Bentz </h2> </center>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally traficking firearms from South Carolina to Connecticut.<br> <br> In 2020, ATF and Hartford Police recovered multiple firearms that had been purchased in South Carolina. In July 2020, one of the firearms was found in the possession of a convicted felon. In September and October 2020, additional firearms we... More...
$0 (04-28-2023 - CT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shameik Camara </h2> </center>
New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm by a felon and theft of firearms from an interstate shipment.<br> <br> In August 2021, a shipment of 50 Zigana, Model PX-9G2 pistols was stolen from R&L Carriers, a national freight shipping company with a warehouse located at 540 Sullivan Avenue in South Windsor. Even though R&L emp... More...
$0 (10-18-2022 - CT)<h2><center> United States of America v. William Tisdol </h2></center>
New Haven, CT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> William Tisdol, age 22, was indicted for felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Shortly after noon on September 9, 2020, members of the Hartford Police Department responded to reports of gunshots on Sterling Street in Hartford. At the scene, officers found a female companion of Tis... More...
$0 (10-12-2021 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Cedric Goodwin </h2> </center>
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Cedric Goodwin with felony possession of... More...
$0 (05-22-2020 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Antoine Snell and Treyquane Snell </h2> </center>
Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Antoine Snell and Treyquane Snell with committing violent robberies and car jacking.<br> <br> ANTOINE SNELL and TREYQUANE SNELL, both 21 of Bridgeport, were sentenced to prison terms of 64 months and 72 months, respectively, for committing a violent robbery and carjacking of a food delivery driver in Ansonia.<br> <br> According to court documen... More...
$0 (01-22-2020 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Harold Cook </h2> </center>
Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Harold Cook with kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley.<br> <br> Harold Cook, also known as “Oink,” 42, of Bloomfield, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.<br> <br> According to eviden... More...
$0 (01-22-2020 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Gerund Micken </h2> </center>
New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Gerund Micken with kidnapping.<br> <br> Gerund Mickens, also known as “Breeze,” 44, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.<br> <br> According to evidence presented during trial, on January 12, 2009,... More...
$0 (01-14-2020 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Ron Christopher Spear-Zuleta, Aninha Spear-Zuleta and Maritz Torres </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/imgs/kids/Supreme-today3.jpg"><br> </center><br> New Haven, CT - Three Individuals Plead Guilty to Participating in Drug-Related Robbery<br> <br> RON CHRISTOPHER SPEAR-ZULETA, also known as “Chris,” 46, of Woodbridge; ANINHA SPEAR-ZULETA, 32, of Woodbridge, and MARITZA TORRES, also known as “Lisy,” 35, of New Haven, pleaded... More...
$0 (09-12-2019 - CT)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Ismael Mangual </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/imgs/kids/Supreme-today3.jpg"><br> </center><br> New Haven, CT - Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison<br> <br> ISMAEL MANGUAL, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 137 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, f... More...
$0 (06-24-2019 - CT)<center> <h2> John Mara v. Stephen Rilling, Edward Nook, Frederick Hine </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/imgs/kids/Supreme-today3.jpg"><br> </center><br> On interlocutory appeal from an order denying summary<br> judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District<br> of Connecticut (Chatigny, J.), defendants contend that they are<br> entitled to qualified immunity from plaintiff’s suit charging them<br> with violat... More...
$0 (04-10-2019 - CT)<center> <h2> Donna L. Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, et al. </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/imgs/kids/Supreme-today3.jpg"><br> </center><br> On December 14, 2012, twenty year old<br> Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elemen-<br> tary School in Newtown and, during the course of 264<br> seconds, fatally shot twenty first grade children and six<br> staff members, and wounded two other staff members.<br> Lanza carried... More...
$0 (03-15-2019 - CT)<center> <h2> Al-Malik Fruitkwan Shabazz v. United States of America </h2> </center>
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> <P><br> 16 This is an appeal by the United States from a grant of habeas corpus<br> 17 under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 by the United States District Court for... More...
$0 (01-04-2019 - CT)<Center><h2>STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ALRICK A. EVANS </h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Connecticut_Supreme_Court%2C_Hartford_CT.jpg/238px-Connecticut_Supreme_Court%2C_Hartford_CT.jpg"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> Connecticut Supreme Court</FONT> </h2>
The principal issue in this appeal is whether our decision in State v. Ray, 290 Conn. 602, 966 A.2d 148 (2009), which would require the defendant in the present case, Alrick A. Evans, to prove drug dependency as an affirmative defense to a charge under General Statutes (Rev. to 2011) § 21a-278 (b),1 remains good law in light of (1) the subsequent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Al... More...
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