Bridgeport Man Involved in Armed Robbery Spree Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Federal Prison

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELIJAH RAFFINGTON, 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 89 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for his participation in the violent armed robberies of multiple retail stores and an Amazon delivery truck.

Raffington is scheduled to complete a state sentence for related conduct in October 2027, and Judge Underhill reduced the federal sentence to account for time Raffington will serve in state custody.

According to court documents and statements made court, Raffington and others committed gunpoint robberies of Omega Deli, located at 999 Maplewood Avenue in Bridgeport, on December 15, 2022; Milford Convenience & Tobacco, located at 784 Boston Post Road in Milford, on December 21, 2022; an Amazon delivery truck and merchandise in Bridgeport on December 23, 2022; Smoke Shop, located at 2175 Boston Avenue in Bridgeport, on December 23, 2022; and Cumberland Farms, located at 1290 West Broad Street in Stratford, on January 2, 2023.

During the store robberies, Raffington and his accomplices entered businesses with firearms, threatened employees, forced victims to the ground, and stole money and property. At Omega Deli, Raffington forced an employee to the ground and held him at gunpoint while his associate, Mickyeem Profit, rifled through the store registers and stole money and cigarettes. As Raffington and Profit were leaving the store, Raffington pointed his gun at a customer who was entering the store. During the Amazon truck robbery, the driver was forced into the back of the truck at gunpoint and assaulted.

Raffington has been detained since his arrest on related state charges on January 3, 2023. On November 4, 2025, he pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of interference with commerce by robbery ("Hobbs Act robbery") and one count of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Profit pleaded guilty and, on March 12, 2026, was sentenced to 102 months of imprisonment.

This matter has been investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bridgeport Police Department, the Stratford Police Department, and the Milford Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel J. Gentile.