John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JAHMAL GIBBS, 21, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on Feb. 26, 2016, members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested GIBBS in an apartment on Henry Street in New Haven. A search of a bedroom in the apartment revealed a loaded.357 caliber revolver that was hidden between a mattress and a box spring.
In September 2014, GIBBS was convicted of a state felony firearm offense. 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.
On Nov. 2, 2016, GIBBS pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter D. Markle.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
