Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ricardo Georges, a 35-year-old resident of Stamford, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford and will be followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Court documents reveal that during an investigation into a shooting incident in Stamford in March 2022, police discovered Georges was in possession of a handgun. On May 7, 2022, investigators arrested Georges as he exited a gym in Stamford after finding a loaded Para USA .45 ACP caliber semi-automatic pistol and fentanyl in his backpack.
Georges' criminal history includes felony convictions for assault on public safety personnel, robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a firearm, and several drug offenses across Connecticut and New York. Federal law prohibits individuals with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms or ammunition that have moved through interstate or foreign commerce.
Since his arrest, Georges has remained detained. He pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon on April 24, 2024.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force along with the Stamford Police Department and the Office of the State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel E. Cummings prosecuted the case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which is central to the Department of Justice's efforts to reduce violent crime through evidence-based strategies proven effective at reducing violence. PSN brings together various stakeholders to address community-specific violent crime issues and focuses enforcement on violent offenders while partnering with local prevention and reentry programs for sustainable crime reduction.
For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit www.justice.gov/psn.