Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty To Gun Charges: Feds

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man pleaded guilty to federal gun charges last week, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Allen Lusmat, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to federal prosecutors:

On April 10, 2019, Tyrell Cox-Henderson entered a convenience store in New Haven and placed a Smith & Wesson .357 caliber revolver behind some merchandise on a shelf. About an hour later, Lusmat entered the store and retrieved the firearm from the shelf.

Later that day, after New Haven police officers had reviewed the convenience store’s surveillance video, officers stopped a car in which Lusmat was a passenger. As officers approached, Lusmat threw a black plastic bag out of the window.

A search of the bag revealed the gun that Lusmat retrieved from the store. Lusmat was arrested at that time.

Lusmat had a previous conviction in state court for gun, assault, and burglary offenses. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a gun or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Lusmat faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years and will be sentenced Feb. 21.

Cox-Henderson pleaded guilty to the same charge in September and awaits sentencing.