GABRIEL HORACE WILLIAMS-BEY, Handgun Possession by Felon, Connecticut 2022

Hartford, Connecticut – A local man has admitted to possessing a loaded handgun, federal authorities announced today.

GABRIEL HORACE WILLIAMS-BEY, 34, of Hartford, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon before U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala in Hartford.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 30, 2022, Hartford Police seized a loaded semi-automatic pistol from inside a vehicle that Williams-Bey was driving.

Williams-Bey’s criminal history includes a state firearms conviction, multiple state narcotics convictions, and a federal narcotics conviction for which he was sentenced, in June 2016, to eight years of imprisonment and four years of supervised release.

The defendant was released from federal prison in August 2021 and was on federal supervised release at the time of this offense. 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.

Williams-Bey has been detained in federal custody since July 12, 2022. At sentencing, which is not scheduled, he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 years. He also faces additional penalties for violating the conditions of his supervised release.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/hartford-felon-admits-possessing-loaded-handgun