TRENTON, N.J. – Kendall Rossi, a 41-year-old Trenton man, has been sentenced to 86 months in prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and for distributing quantities of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.
The sentence was imposed by Chief U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton federal court. Rossi previously pleaded guilty to Counts One and Four of an indictment charging him with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Rossi sold quantities of heroin and ANPP, a fentanyl analogue, to a confidential law enforcement source on three occasions between August 2017 and September 2017. During this time, Rossi boasted about his ability to obtain numerous firearms that he could sell.
On October 2017, Rossi sold the confidential source a .380 caliber semi-automatic firearm and 47 rounds of .380 caliber ammunition in a controlled transaction supervised by federal law enforcement. Rossi sold the firearm to the source under the belief that the source would use the firearm in connection with a robbery.
Rossi, who had previously been convicted of numerous felonies, was identified by law enforcement officials as an unlawful firearms supplier in and around Trenton. In addition to the prison term, Judge Wolfson sentenced Rossi to three years of supervised release.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Newark Division, Trenton Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Charlie J. Patterson, with the investigation leading to today’s sentence.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Brendan Day of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Trenton. Defense Counsel Alyssa Cimino Esq. of Fairfield, New Jersey, represented Rossi during the proceedings.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Weapons|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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