Kenneth Joyner, Gun and Drug Charges, Connecticut 2022

Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges

Bridgeport, CT – Kenneth Joyner, 33, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty to firearm and drug offenses in Bridgeport federal court, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

On February 25, 2022, Bridgeport Police stopped Joyner’s car for motor vehicle violations.  Joyner was arrested after he was found in possession of a loaded Polymer P80 9mm semi-automatic pistol (“ghost gun”) and several bags of marijuana that he intended to sell.  A subsequent search of Joyner’s residence revealed a loaded Ruger P95 9mm semi-automatic pistol with an obliterated serial number, marijuana that Joyner intended to sell, and drug paraphernalia.

Joyner pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with obliterated serial number (18 U.S.C. § 922(k)), and possession with intent to distribute marijuana (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)).

He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford on February 22, 2024, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

Joyner has been detained since his federal arrest on April 13, 2023.

This matter is being investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and the Bridgeport Police Department.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ross Weingarten and Karen L. Peck through Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the U.S. government’s violent crime reduction efforts.

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