Tied To Shootings in 2023, Man Gets 8 Years On Drug, Gun Charges: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — Tyrick Warren, 31, of New Haven, was sentenced Tuesday to serve eight years in a federal prison for drug and firearms convictions, according to Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, Marc H. Silverman.

According to Silverman, court documents and statements made in court, on Nov. 15, 2023, after a short pursuit, New Haven Police arrested Warren for violating conditions of his state probation that followed a felony firearm conviction.

During the pursuit, officers saw Warren discard multiple items, later found to be a Glock semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition, Silverman said. They also located a discarded bag containing various plastic bags of crack cocaine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, the federal prosecutor said.

According to the Justice Department, subsequent analysis by the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network connected the seized pistol to shell casings collected after a shooting on Winchester Avenue in New Haven on Nov. 8, 2023. And to a shooting on Hazel Street in New Haven on Nov. 12, 2023, Silverman said. It is alleged that text messages from Warren’s phone further connected him to these two shootings, as well as a carjacking, robbery, and shooting on Nov. 10, 2023, a news release from Justice noted.

According to state court records, Warren’s criminal history also includes convictions for robbery, drug, and additional firearm 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, Silverman noted.

Detained since his arrest, he pleaded guilty in May 2024 to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

State charges against Warren related to the Nov. 12, 2023, shooting are pending, prosecutor Silverman said.