Stratford Man Sentenced For Trafficking Firearms: Feds

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for trafficking firearms, according to officials.

Stefan Bagley Jr., 23, was also sentenced Wednesday to three years of supervised release following the prison term, Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Marc H. Silverman announced.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 26, 2023, Bagley was shot and wounded while traveling in his vehicle in Bridgeport. Later that day, Bagley’s vehicle was used in another shooting incident in Bridgeport, according to authorities.

“An investigation revealed that, between October 2022 and October 2023, Bagley purchased more than 20 handguns from licensed firearm dealers and sold the guns to a network of customers, several of whom Bagley knew were prohibited by law from possessing firearms,” officials wrote in a news release. “Bagley typically scratched the serial numbers off of the firearms before providing them to his customers, making the guns more difficult to trace.”

Officials said that authorities have recovered only five of the firearms that were purchased and trafficked by Bagley, as of Wednesday. One of the recovered firearms was used in a shooting in Stamford, according to officials.

Bagley was arrested on Dec. 18, 2023. He pleaded guilty last August to firearm trafficking conspiracy.

Bagley, who is released on a $100,000 bond, is required to report to prison on May 5, according to officials.