Hartford Man Sentenced In Firearms Case

HARTFORD, CT —A city man has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal possession of a firearm, according to federal prosecutors. Damon Hill, 40, was also accused of violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.

According to a statement from prosecutors, Hill was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Laurel Street. Responding officers discovered a loaded Smith and Wesson .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol on the floor in front of the driver’s seat. Hill was the only occupant of the car.

Hill’s criminal history includes multiple state convictions and a 2006 federal conviction for conspiring to distribute cocaine base (“crack”).

Hill has been detained since his arrest on Oct. 23, 2018. On July 16, he pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm a by a convicted felon, according to the statement.

This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crime Task Force and the Hartford Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anastasia E. King.