Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEFAN BAGLEY, JR., 23, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking firearms.
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. 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. Bagley typically scratched the serial numbers off of the firearms before providing them to his customers, making the guns more difficult to trace.
To date, law enforcement has recovered only five of the firearms that were purchased and trafficked by Bagley. One of the recovered firearms was used in a shooting in Stamford.
Bagley was arrested on December 18, 2023. On August 19, 2024, he pleaded guilty to firearm trafficking conspiracy.
Bagley, who is released on a $100,000 bond, is required to report to prison on May 5.
This matter was investigated by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Bridgeport Police Department, and the Connecticut State Police. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Gresham.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit www.justice.gov/psn.