Man Sent to Prison For Loaded Gun Incident In Enfield

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun in Enfield last spring.

Kelvin Peters, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 9, 2018, Enfield police stopped a car in which Peters was a passenger. A search of the vehicle revealed two loaded firearms, a Bersa Thunder 380 handgun and a High Point Model C9 9mm pistol with an obliterated serial number. Peters admitted in an interview with officers that the guns were his, Durham said.

Peters’ criminal history includes multiple convictions in state court for drug offenses, and a 2004 federal conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon for which he was sentenced to seven years in prison, Durham said.

Peters has been detained since his federal arrest on Aug. 1, 2018. On Oct. 15, 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon, Durham said.