Hartford Man Guilty Of Federal Gun Violation: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A federal court jury Thursday has found a Hartford man guilty of an illegal gun possession charge by a convicted felon.

According to Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, a federal jury in Hartford found Denroy Fable, 40, of Hartford, guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

The trial began on Monday, Oct. 23, and the jury returned its verdict Thursday afternoon.

According to the evidence presented during the trial, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force and Hartford Police Department conducted an investigation of a business located at 136 Barbour St. in Hartford that was suspected of trafficking narcotics.

The business, a purported clothing store, had an awning that read “The HOLE Ex-Con 360 the movement.”

Avery said, in October 2022, investigators made two controlled drug purchases of marijuana from the store.

According to authorities, on Oct. 5, 2022, Fable and others were in the store when investigators conducted a court-authorized search of the store.

Investigators, authorities said, seized quantities of suspected crack cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, synthetic opioid pills, fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, MDMA, drug packaging and processing materials, U.S. currency, and five handguns.

One of the handguns seized was a loaded .380 semiautomatic pistol, which was found in a pocket of Fable’s jacket that was hanging on a shelf, federal officials said.

Subsequent forensic testing of the firearm revealed the presence of Fable’s DNA.

Fable’s criminal history includes state convictions for criminal possession of a firearm and carrying a pistol without a permit.

In addition, Avery said, Fable has federal convictions for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack.

At his sentencing, which is not scheduled, Fable faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years, she said.

He also faces additional penalties for violating the conditions of his supervised release, Avery said.

Fable has been detained since Oct. 5, 2022.

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