STAMFORD — A 35-year-old Stamford man was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman.
Ricardo Georges received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford, followed by three years of supervised release.
Court documents revealed that Stamford Police discovered Georges had a handgun while investigating a shooting incident in March 2022.
On May 7, 2022, at approximately 11 a.m., investigators arrested Georges as he left a gym in Stamford after finding a loaded Para USA .45 ACP caliber semi-automatic pistol and fentanyl in his backpack.
Georges has previous felony convictions in Connecticut and New York for assault on public safety personnel, first-degree robbery, criminal possession of a firearm, and multiple drug offenses.
Federal law prohibits individuals with felony convictions from possessing firearms or ammunition that has moved in interstate commerce.
Georges has remained in detention since his arrest and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon on April 24.
The FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force, Stamford Police Department, and the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk conducted the investigation.
