Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK ELMORE, 33, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the FBI's Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force has been investigating gang violence in Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Stamford. Elmore is a member of a violent Norwalk street gang. In 2021 and 2022, law enforcement made four controlled purchases of ecstasy, which contained both MDMA and fentanyl, from Elmore. On April 12, 2023, Elmore was arrested on a state warrant. At the time of his arrest, he possessed a loaded SCCY, model CPX-2, 9mm semiautomatic handgun with an obliterated serial number.

Elmore's criminal history includes state convictions for felony drug distribution and weapon possession offenses. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Elmore has been detained since his federal arrest on May 25, 2023. On July 11, 2024, he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

This matter was investigated by the FBI's Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force, the Bridgeport Police Department, and the Norwalk Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Gresham.

This prosecution is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. In May 2021, the Justice Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit www.justice.gov/psn.