CT man hit by car running from police sentenced to prison

A convicted felon has been ordered to serve more than a year in prison for illegally possessing a handgun, officials said.Jerond Rogers Jr., 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to a year and a half in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for illegal possession of a firearm.According to court documents and statements made in court, in October 2022, law enforcement received information that Rogers, who was known to be associated with a violent Bridgeport gang, was in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 25, 2022, Rogers ran from investigators who had a court-authorized search warrant for his vehicle, removed a black handgun from his waistband, and ran into oncoming traffic on Maplewood Avenue, where he was hit by a car. Investigators retrieved the gun, a loaded Glock 26 semi-automatic pistol, and Rogers was transported to the hospital.Rogers’ criminal history includes state felony convictions for sale of narcotics, criminal possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle. It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.Rogers has been detained since his federal arrest on March 20, 2023. On Jan. 23, 2024, he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.The case was investigated by the FBI’s Bridgeport Safe Streets Task Force and the Bridgeport Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ross Weingarten and Karen L. PeckThe case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce gun violence and other violent crime, and to make neighborhoods safer for everyone. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit www.justice.gov/psnStephen Underwood can be reached at sunderwood@courant.com

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