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Description: New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm by a felon and theft of firearms from an interstate shipment.
In August 2021, a shipment of 50 Zigana, Model PX-9G2 pistols was stolen from R&L Carriers, a national freight shipping company with a warehouse located at 540 Sullivan Avenue in South Windsor. Even though R&L employees were aware of the theft shortly after it occurred in mid-August, they did not notify law enforcement. Officials at R&L carriers reported the theft to law enforcement on September 16, 2021. In October 2021, investigators identified Shameik Camara, age 32, from Hartford, Connecticut, after seeing Facebook Marketplace and Offer Up posts selling high-end speakers and sports trading cards that were similar to items stolen from the R&L warehouse at about the same time of the firearm shipment theft.
Camara was arrested on October 28, 2021. At this time of his arrest, he possessed two firearms, one of which was a Zigana pistol taken during the theft in August 2021.
Camara was previously convicted of felony 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.
On June 14, 2022, Camara, who is detained, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of firearm by a felon, and one count of receipt and possession of items from an interstate shipment.
“In August 2021, 50 firearms stolen from a South Windsor warehouse became illegal guns on the street,” said U.S. Attorney Avery. “To date, only 14 of the stolen guns have been recovered. The 36 that remain unaccounted for represent a real danger to the community until each one is recovered. I thank the ATF, South Windsor Police and our other law enforcement partners who are investigating this case, apprehending those involved, and methodically tracking down these weapons.”
“ATF recognizes that we are most successful when we work with our state, local, and federal partners,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Ferguson. “We will continue to prioritize investigations of armed and violent felons to disrupt the cycle of violence and make our communities safer.”
This investigation is being conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and the South Windsor Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lauren C. Clark and A. Reed Durham.
UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC. (Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon)
(1)
21 U.S.C. 922
INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN SHIPMENT BY CARRIER (Theft from an Interstate Shipment)
(3)
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 26 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from the theft of numerous firearms from a South Windsor warehouse last year.
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