Man Sentenced For Armed Robberies, Including North Haven: Feds

NORTH HAVEN, CT — A New Haven man was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison in connection with gunpoint robberies in East Haven, West Haven, North Haven and Ansonia, and an armed carjacking in West Haven, according to officials.

Christian Borrero, 20, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release following the prison term for committing gunpoint robberies of convenience stores and an armed carjacking in 2022, U. S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery announced in a news release.

According to court documents and statements made in court, ATF and the New Haven Police Department investigated a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking that occurred in late June and early July 2022.

“The investigation revealed that Borrero committed an armed robbery of a Citgo Gas Station located at 957 Foxon Road in East Haven on June 29, 2022; an armed carjacking followed by an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven Convenience Store located at 1089 Campbell Avenue in West Haven on July 3, 2022; and an armed robbery on an Xpress Mart Gas Station located at 180 Wakelee Avenue in Ansonia on July 7, 2022,” officials wrote in the news release. “In addition, on July 6, 2022, Borrero and his associate, Robert Smith, committed an armed robbery of a Shell Gas Station located at 195 State Street in North Haven.”

Borrero has been detained since July 13, 2022. He pleaded guilty in January to two counts of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Smith, of New Haven, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to one count of aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery and one count of aiding and abetting the carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He awaits sentencing, according to officials.