Prison Time For Hartford Man Convicted Of Federal Gun Charge: Feds

HARTFORD/NEW HAVEN, CT — A Hartford man will spend a year and a half behind bars after being sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven on a federal firearms conviction.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said Wednesday that Camron Hill, 36, of Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a federal firearm offense.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the federal 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.

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

In October 2022, investigators made two controlled drug purchases of marijuana from the store, according to federal authorities.

On Oct. 5, 2022, Hill and others were in the store when investigators conducted a court-authorized search of the store and seized quantities of suspected crack cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, synthetic opioid films, fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, MDMA, drug packaging and processing materials, U.S. currency, and five handguns, officials said.

One of the handguns seized was a loaded 9mm privately made firearm (“PMF” or “ghost gun”) that was found behind the counter of the store in a black satchel-type bag, Avery said.

She said surveillance video the morning of the search showed Hill using keys to open the store and carrying a black satchel-type bag, with subsequent forensic testing of the firearm revealing Hill’s DNA.

Hill has a prior felony conviction. 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.

On April 18, Hill pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition by a felon.

Hill, who is released on bond, is required to report to prison on Oct. 17.

For the full U.S. District Court announcement, click on this link.