Hartford Gang Member Sent To Jail For Gun Charge: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford gang member involved in a fatal shooting incident in 2020 was sent to jail this week following a prior conviction for illegally possessing a firearm.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said Carl Jones, aka “MOB,” 43, of Hartford, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

The conviction is regarding a firearm offense stemming from a shooting incident in 2020, she said.

According to evidence disclosed during his trial and in court documents, in the early morning hours of Feb. 16, 2020, Jones was involved in a gang-related shooting inside the Majestic Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Hartford.

During the incident, Jones, a member of Los Solidos, chased down, shot, and wounded fleeing gang member Joshua Saez and an unintended second victim, Avery said.

She said Saez had just shot another gang member Marquis Treadwell, Treadwell’s girlfriend, and an unintended third victim.

Treadwell later died from his injuries.

Jones used a .40 caliber Glock semiautomatic handgun, which he had retrieved from Treadwell after the initial shooting by Saez, Avery said.

Jones fled the scene with the firearm, but Hartford police later recovered it from a vehicle on Lawrence Street during an unrelated drug trafficking investigation in September 2021.

Jones’ criminal history includes convictions for felony narcotics, assault, larceny, and failure to appear in court offenses.

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.

Jones has been detained in federal custody since June 9, 2022.

On Aug. 23, 2023, a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.

Saez is serving a state sentence for the murder of Treadwell and the assault of Treadwell’s girlfriend.