New Haven Man Gets 3-Year Prison For Gun Possession While On Bond For Another Federal Case: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — Antrum Coston, 42, of New Haven, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 3 years in a federal prison for "unlawfully possessing a firearm while released on bond in another criminal case," according to U.S. Attorney for CT David X. Sullivan.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Sullivan said that on Sept. 18, 2023, Coston was sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for pandemic relief fraud, money laundering, and drug offenses. The judge ordered Coston, who was released on bond at the time, to show up to prison on Nov. 29, 2023, Sullivan said. But around a month before, on Oct. 25, 2023, New Haven police arrested Coston after "they found him in possession of a loaded Taurus G3 9mm handgun with an extended magazine," the U.S. Attorney said.

New Haven police arrested Coston for having a loaded Taurus G3 9mm handgun a month before he was due to surrender to prions on another case.

The 3-year sentence will run consecutively to Coston’s 3-year sentence from 2023, federal prosecutors said.

Coston, who has been detained since his arrest, was convicted after trial in Oct. 2024 of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and possessing it while on federal release. His criminal history includes multiple felony convictions, including two federal convictions for firearm offenses.

The AFT and New Haven Police Department investigated.