New Haven Man Sentenced to 44 Months in Federal Prison for Possessing Gun on Federal Supervised Release (DOJ)

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ELBERT LLORRENS, 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 44 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an investigation determined that, on February 25, 2024, after a traffic dispute, Llorrens fired a gunshot into an occupied vehicle on Vine Street in New Haven. West Haven Police arrested Llorrens on March 1, 2024, after finding Llorrens in possession of a loaded Smith & Wesson, model SD40 VE, .40 caliber pistol. Subsequent analysis of the firearm using the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network ("NIBIN") linked it to three separate gunfire incidents, including the Vine Street shooting on February 25, 2024.

In March 2017, Llorrens was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 60 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for committing multiple carjackings and armed robberies, and he was on federal supervised release when he possessed the firearm.

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.

Llorrens has been detained since March 1, 2024. He pleaded guilty to the offense on March 5, 2025.

This matter was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the New Haven Police Department, and the West Haven Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings.