Bridgeport Man Sentenced On Drug Charges: Feds

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport man previously convicted of felonies will serve four years in prison federal gun charges, according to a statement from John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Marques Milton, aka "Biz," 36, will also serve three years of supervised release.

In March 2018, Bridgeport police arrested Milton in connection with a gunpoint threatening incident from the previous month. When he was arrested, prosecutors said Milton possessed a fully loaded Beretta 9mm pistol, an additional 18 rounds of ammunition, and a quantity of marijuana.

Before that time, Milton was convicted in state court of first-degree robbery and first-degree unlawful restraint.

State forensic examiners have connected the Beretta 9mm pistol to shell casings recovered after a shooting on Linwood Avenue in Bridgeport in February 2018. One of about 10 shots that were fired grazed a cable company employee who was working on a nearby utility pole.

Milton has been charged in state court in connection with this crime, and in connection with alleged shooting incidents in April 2018 in Bridgeport and June 2018 in Waterbury.