Felon With Firearm Charge Results in New London Man Pleading Guilty

On April 30, members of the New London Police Department and the Connecticut State Police executed a state search and seizure warrant at the West Street apartment of Elijah Griffin, 25.

Inside a closet in Griffin’s room, officers located and seized a loaded .38 caliber revolver and a loaded .45 caliber pistol. according to a press release from Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

Griffin pleaded guilty Wednesday, Dec. 2, in Hartford federal court, to being a felon in possession of firearms. He has a prior state felony conviction for sale of narcotics. 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, Daly said.

Griffin has been detained since his arrest on April 30. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello on February 24, 2016, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

(Photo of Elijah Griffin courtesy of New London Police)