Hartford Man Sentenced To Time Served For Drugs, Weapons Convictions, Feds Say

BRIDGEPORT/HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man was sentenced to time served Tuesday in connection with drug distribution and firearms possession convictions.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, announced that Shannon Davis, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to approximately 34 months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for drug distribution and firearm possession offenses.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in 2019, an investigation revealed Davis was selling drugs from his Franklin Avenue residence.

Authorities said Davis was arrested Nov. 25, 2019, after a court-authorized search of his residence revealed approximately 100 dose bags of fentanyl, approximately 28 grams of crack cocaine, items used to process and package narcotics for distribution and two loaded handguns.

Avery said Davis’ criminal history includes state felony convictions for firearm possession and assault 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.

Davis has been detained since his arrest, Avery said in a statement.

On March 23, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, authorities said.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Hartford Police Department’s Vice, Intelligence and Narcotics Unit.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Margaret M. Donovan and Brian P. Leaming.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.