Crime & Safety
Man Sentenced For Two Gunpoint Robberies, One In West Haven: Feds
The man was accused of robbing a convenience store in West Haven, armed with a Glock, according to authorities.
NEW HAVEN, CT — Gary Gibson, Jr. 25, of New Haven, was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for two armed robberies, one in West Haven, the other in New Haven, according to Marc H. Silverman, Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut.
Gibson will serve 120 months, followed by four years of supervised release, for a firearm offense stemming from the two convenience store robberies in May 2023.
According to Silverman, court documents and statements made in court, shortly after midnight on May 7, 2023, Gibson, brandishing a Glock semiautomatic handgun, robbed the Star Food & Convenience Store, located at 193 Boston Post Road in West Haven. Gibson took approximately $1,860 cash from the register and took cash and an iPhone from an employee of the store, Silverman said.
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In the afternoon of May 8, 2023, Gibson entered the 7th Haven Convenience Store on Sylvan Avenue in New Haven, forced an employee to the floor at gunpoint, took $5,700 cash from the register, fired a shot into the ceiling during a struggle with the employee, then fled, Silverman said.
New Haven police, with the assistance of West Haven police, arrested Gibson in Milford shortly after the New Haven robbery and seized from him the handgun used during the robberies, the federal prosecutor said. The gun had an attached laser sight and a loaded 15-round magazine, Silverman said.
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Gibson’s criminal history includes six felony convictions for weapon possession, robbery, and larceny offenses, court records show. 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.
Detained since May 2023, on July 15, 2024, he pleaded guilty to carrying, using, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. A judge ordered him to pay $7,560 in restitution.
This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crimes Task Force, the New Haven and West Haven police departments.
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