A New Haven man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for possessing a firearm while he was out on bond in another criminal case. U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill handed down the 36-month sentence to Antrum Coston, 42, during proceedings in Bridgeport.
According to court records and statements made in court, Coston had previously been sentenced by Judge Underhill on September 18, 2023, to 37 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for offenses related to pandemic relief fraud, money laundering, and drug charges. He was ordered to surrender for his sentence on November 29, 2023.
However, before reporting as required, Coston was arrested by New Haven Police on October 25, 2023. Officers found him with a loaded Taurus G3 9mm handgun equipped with an extended magazine.
The new sentence will be served consecutively to the earlier 37-month term imposed in the prior case.
Coston has remained detained since his arrest. On October 28, 2024, he was convicted after trial of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and for having the weapon while on federal release.
His record includes multiple felony convictions, including two previous federal convictions for firearm-related offenses.
The investigation involved both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the New Haven Police Department. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nathaniel J. Gentile and Sean P. Mahard under the Justice Department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program—a national initiative that coordinates law enforcement agencies at all levels with community partners to reduce gun violence and other violent crime across neighborhoods nationwide. More information about Project Safe Neighborhoods is available at www.justice.gov/psn.
“David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,” said: “announced that ANTRUM COSTON, 42, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a firearm while released on bond in another criminal case.”
