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Bridgeport Man, 34, Sentenced For Illegal Gun Possession
Robert Bowens, 34, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 29 by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 76 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 22, 2017, Connecticut State Police stopped a vehicle that Bowens was operating on I-95 in Bridgeport.
Bowens attempted to flee and, during a struggle with troopers, produced a 9mm handgun.
Troopers knocked the firearm from Bowens'’ hand, but he broke free, jumped into an SUV that had arrived a…
