A New Haven man has been sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm while on federal supervised release. Elbert Llorrens, 33, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport. He will also serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
According to court documents and statements made in court, authorities determined that on February 25, 2024, after a traffic dispute, Llorrens fired a gunshot into an occupied vehicle on Vine Street in New Haven. West Haven Police arrested him on March 1, 2024, and found him with a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber pistol. Analysis using the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network (NIBIN) linked this firearm to three separate shooting incidents, including the one on Vine Street.
Llorrens had previously been sentenced in March 2017 to five years in prison and five years of supervised release for multiple carjackings and armed robberies. He was still under federal supervision when he possessed the firearm.
Federal law prohibits individuals convicted of felony offenses from possessing firearms that have traveled through interstate or foreign commerce.
Llorrens has been detained since his arrest on March 1, 2024. He pleaded guilty to the charge on March 5, 2025.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with the New Haven Police Department and West Haven Police Department, investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings prosecuted the matter.
"Elbert Llorrens was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 44 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon," said David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
