Bridgeport Man Sentenced In Illegal Firearm Possession Case: Feds

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A 33-year-old Bridgeport man and convicted felon was sentenced last month to 70 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery announced.

Alexis A. Vallejo, also known as "Boobie" and "Boobie Porter," was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport. Vallejo has been detained since his federal arrest in June 2022, and he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in February of this year.

According to court documents and statements, an investigation of a fatal shooting outside a Stratford nightclub in the early morning hours of December 17, 2021, identified Vallejo's car and two other vehicles at the scene of the shooting.

Later that month, Bridgeport Police spotted Vallejo's car on Goddard Avenue in Bridgeport, and Vallejo, who was standing by the car, ran as officers approached. As he fled, he also threw a 9mm semiautomatic handgun into a nearby yard.

Police caught Vallejo and recovered the firearm, which was fully loaded with a round in the chamber. A search of Vallejo's car revealed five firearm magazines, including high-capacity magazines, and three different types of ammunition.

Vallejo's criminal history includes felony convictions in state court for firearm possession, robbery, larceny, and failure to appear offenses, according to prosecutors. 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.

This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and the Bridgeport Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen L. Peck and Ross Weingarten through Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

In May 2021, the Justice Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit www.justice.gov/psn.