New Haven Man Gets 14 Year Prison Term For Robberies, Carjacking: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — A 20-year-old from New Haven will spend the next 14 years in a federal prison for committing gunpoint robberies of convenience stores in several area towns and an armed carjacking in 2022, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery said. Christian Borrero will also serve five years of supervised release when he leaves prison, the federal prosecutor noted.

According to Avery, court documents and statements made in court, ATF and the New Haven Police Department investigated a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking that occurred in late June and early July 2022.

Avery said that investigation revealed that Borrero "committed an armed robbery of a Citgo Gas Station located at 957 Foxon Road in East Haven on June 29, 2022; an armed carjacking followed by an armed robbery of a 7-Eleven Convenience Store located at 1089 Campbell Avenue in West Haven on July 3, 2022; and an armed robbery on an Xpress Mart Gas Station located at 180 Wakelee Avenue in Ansonia on July 7, 2022."

In addition, on July 6, 2022, Borrero and his associate, Robert Smith, committed an armed robbery of a Shell Gas Station located at 195 State Street in North Haven, the US Attorney said.

Detained since July 13, 2022, on Jan. 3, Borrero pleaded guiltyto two counts of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, per the Justice Department.

On Sept. 28, 2023, Smith, of New Haven, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery and one count of aiding and abetting the carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, the federal prosecutor noted. Smith awaits sentencing.

This matter has been investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the assistance of the New Haven, East Haven, West Haven, Ansonia, and North Haven police departments. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel J. Gentile.