Guy Eugene, Robbery, Kidnapping, and Firearm Offenses, Connecticut 2023

Grimy Times has learned that a brutal kidnapping and robbery occurred in Bridgeport, Connecticut. According to authorities, Guy Eugene, 41, also known as ‘Fresh’, allegedly kidnapped a victim at gunpoint from the area of the Island Vybez Restaurant located at 690 Beechmont Avenue in Bridgeport on September 26, 2022.

The victim had withdrawn $3,000 from an ATM and intended to use the money for a monthly rent payment for the restaurant. However, during the kidnapping, a masked assailant hit the victim on the head with a gun, and the victim was dragged into a rear of a vehicle.

According to the indictment, Eugene and others threatened to kill the victim and demanded that he call someone to bring them more money. Eugene and others took from the victim a bank deposit bag with $3,000, and his gold earrings, iPhone, car keys, house keys, and keys to the restaurant. The victim was released on Maplewood Avenue in Bridgeport.

Guy Eugene has been charged with interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act robbery), an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years; kidnapping, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of life; and carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of seven years and a maximum term of imprisonment of life.

Guy Eugene appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Dave Vatti in Bridgeport on July 19, 2023 and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He has been detained since his arrest on July 12, 2023.

This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force, which includes personnel from the Connecticut State Police and the Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Trumbull Police Departments. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gresham and Rahul Kale.

U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery stressed that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and the defendants who are awaiting trial are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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