Hartford Convicted Felon Gets Prison Time: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for illegal possession of ammunition, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Tyshawn Coleman, 30, will also serve three years of supervised release.

In the early morning hours of Aug. 5, 2017, Hartford police stopped a car after a witness had reported that the car was involved in a fatal shooting on Edgewood Street less than 30 minutes earlier.

Coleman was sitting in the front passenger seat. An officer conducted a pat-down of Coleman and retrieved two clear zip-lock bags from his pocket. One of the bags contained marijuana, and the other contained a .45 caliber bullet, according to the statement.

Prior to that time, Coleman had numerous felony convictions for conspiracy to commit murder, accessory to first-degree assault, first-degree assault, and sale of a controlled substance.

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.

Coleman has been detained since his arrest and pleaded guilty to the charge last year.