Bridgeport Man Sentenced To Prison In Federal Firearms Case

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A 33-year-old Bridgeport man was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing firearms, acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman announced.

Quinten McKoy, also known as "Quack," was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven, who ordered that McKoy's sentence be served consecutive to a state sentence McKoy is currently serving for unrelated offenses.

According to court documents and statements, after a series of shootings and murders in Bridgeport and Stratford, the FBI Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force began an investigation into McKoy and others who were associated with gangs in Bridgeport's South End.

In October 2022, Task Force members searched McKoy’s residence on Logan Street in Bridgeport and arrested him. At the time, authorities seized the following:

• A stolen Glock .45 semi-automatic handgun
• Four gun magazines, including a high-capacity magazine loaded with 25 rounds of ammunition
• A laser attachment
• Additional ammunition
• Packages of suspected crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana

From Silverman's announcement:

McKoy’s criminal history includes multiple felony convictions in state court for firearm and other 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.

McKoy has been detained since his arrest. On September 12, 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.