Police Recover Assault-Style Rifle, Pistol; Man Arrested: Stamford PD

STAMFORD, CT — Stamford police said they seized an assault rifle and a pistol, and arrested a 42-year-old convicted felon after a brief investigation.

Anthony Hicks, of Waterbury, was arrested Thursday outside of a home in Stamford on a warrant that charges him with possession of an assault weapon; multiple counts of criminal possession of a firearm; criminal possession of ammunition; illegal transfer of a firearm; illegal possession of a high-capacity magazine; unsafe storage of a firearm; and violation of a protective order, according to Assistant Stamford Police Chief Richard Conklin.

The Stamford Police Department's Narcotics & Organized Crime Squad had received information that Hicks was storing multiple weapons, including a "Draco-style" assault rifle, at an apartment on Tresser Boulevard, Conklin said.

On Jan. 3, investigators saw Hicks drop off weapons at the apartment, and they moved in to recover them, Conklin noted, adding that officers found a "Mini Draco" assault rifle with a loaded high-capacity magazine, and a Taurus G2C 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which also had a loaded high-capacity magazine.

An arrest warrant was applied for and recently granted by the court ahead of Hicks's arrest on Jan. 18. Hicks was given a court-set bond of $200,000.

"If he was to make that bond, he has to come up with 30 percent of that due to the serious firearm offense," Conklin said, pointing to a new state statute. Conkin said Hicks was scheduled to appear in court Friday.

Conklin praised officers for their investigation in getting the weapons off the street.