John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that FEDERICO CANNON, also known as “Rico,” 36, of
Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill
in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
on June 26, 2017, CANNON was released from federal prison after serving a
70-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On July 31, 2017, while CANNON was on federal
supervised release, Bridgeport Police received information that CANNON had a
gun and was riding in a car in the area of the Trumbull Gardens housing complex
in Bridgeport. Officers located and
stopped the vehicle. After CANNON was
removed from the car, officers located a 9mm semi-automatic SAR B6P handgun from
the floor below the passenger seat where CANNON had been sitting. The gun was loaded with 16 rounds of
ammunition.
CANNON has been detained since his arrest on July 31,
2017. Judge Underhill scheduled for
December 3, 2018, at which time CANNON faces a maximum term of imprisonment of
10 years on the firearm charge and a maximum term of imprisonment of three
years for violating the conditions of his supervised release.
This is CANNON’s third federal conviction for possession of
a firearm by a convicted felon.
In the early morning hours of October 21, 2004, CANNON was
in a car with three other individuals driving northbound on Interstate 95
between Norwalk and Bridgeport when they initiated a confrontation with another
car occupied by two men. The
confrontation culminated at the bottom of the Exit 25 ramp in Bridgeport when
approximately seven or eight shots were fired at the victims’ vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle in which
CANNON was a passenger revealed a semi-automatic pistol at CANNON’s feet in the
right rear passenger seat of the vehicle.
A jury in New Haven found CANNON guilty and, on April 12, 2006, he was
sentenced to 42 months of imprisonment.
In the early morning hours of February 25, 2012, Bridgeport
Police stopped a vehicle in which CANNON was a passenger on Caroline Street in
Bridgeport. CANNON initially exited the
vehicle and attempted to walk away, but police ordered him back into the
car. After directing the driver out of
the vehicle, a Bridgeport Police detective observed a 9mm semi-automatic pistol
on the floor of the rear passenger area near where CANNON was sitting. The firearm was loaded with 10 live
hollow-point cartridges and two full-metal jacket cartridges. A jury in Hartford found CANNON guilty and,
on July 11, 2014, he was sentenced to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by
three years of supervised release.
CANNON also has a state conviction stemming from a car stop
by Bridgeport Police on June 6, 1999. On
that date, officers located a .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun concealed
under the right front passenger seat where CANNON had been sitting.
This matter was investigated by the Bridgeport Police
Department’s Tactical Narcotics Team and the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives. The case is being prosecuted
by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Kale.
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