Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Gun, Drug Offenses: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Hartford man has pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to multiple gun and drug charges.

Marc H. Silverman, acting U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said Christopher Dancy, 35, of Hartford, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to drug and firearm offenses.

According to court documents and statements, on Aug. 18, 2022, Dancy was arrested for violating his state parole.

A search of an apartment where he was staying revealed a loaded Glock model 45, a 9 mm pistol, approximately 20 grams of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, and items used to process and package narcotics for distribution, Silverman said.

On May 3, 2023, Hartford police officers observed Dancy engaging in suspected drug activity in the area of Albany Avenue and Edgewood Street and seized a car that Dancy had occupied, he said.

On May 5, 2023, a search of the car revealed a loaded Glock model 26, 9mm pistol. Subsequent DNA testing of the pistol connected it to Dancy, officials said.

Dancy’s criminal history includes state drug and firearm convictions and i t 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.

Dancy pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years.

A sentencing date is not scheduled.

Dancy has been detained since June 5, 2023.

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