Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearm

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXIS A. VALLEJO, also known as "Boobie" and "Boobie Porter," 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.

According to court documents and statements made in court, an investigation of a fatal shooting outside of a Stratford nightclub in the early morning hours of December 17, 2021, identified Vallejo's car and two other vehicles at the scene of the shooting. On December 29, 2021, Bridgeport Police located Vallejo's car on Goddard Avenue in Bridgeport. Vallejo, who was standing by the car, ran as officers approached and threw a 9mm semiautomatic handgun into a nearby yard. Vallejo was apprehended and the firearm, which was fully loaded with a round in the chamber, was recovered. A search of Vallejo's car revealed five firearm magazines, including high-capacity magazines, and three different types of ammunition.

Vallejo's criminal history includes felony convictions in state court for firearm possession, robbery, larceny, and failure to appear 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.

Vallejo has been detained since his federal arrest on June 30, 2022. On February 23, 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 and the Bridgeport Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karen L. Peck and Ross Weingarten through 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.