A New Haven man has been sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm while on federal supervised release. Elbert Llorrens, 33, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport and will also serve three years of supervised release.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Llorrens was involved in a traffic dispute on February 25, 2024, during which he fired a gunshot into an occupied vehicle on Vine Street in New Haven. He was arrested by West Haven Police on March 1, 2024, who found him with a loaded Smith & Wesson .40 caliber pistol. Analysis using the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network linked this firearm to three separate gunfire incidents, including the shooting on Vine Street.
Llorrens had previously been sentenced in March 2017 to five years in prison and five years of supervised release for multiple carjackings and armed robberies. At the time of his arrest for the firearms offense, he was still under federal supervision.
“It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Llorrens has been detained since his arrest on March 1, 2024. He pleaded guilty to possessing the firearm as a felon on March 5, 2025.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with the New Haven Police Department and West Haven Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings prosecuted the matter.
