Hartford gang member sent to prison for gun possession: Federal authorities

HARTFORD, CT – A Hartford gang member involved in a fatal shooting in 2020 was sent to prison this week after previously being convicted of illegal possession of a firearm.

Vanessa Roberts Avery, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut, said Carl Jones, aka “MOB,” 43, of Hartford, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of probation.

The conviction involves a weapons offense related to a shooting in 2020, she said.

According to evidence disclosed during his trial and in court documents, Jones was involved in a gang shooting at the Majestic Lounge on Franklin Avenue in Hartford in the early morning hours of February 16, 2020.

During the incident, Jones, a member of Los Solidos, pursued fleeing gang member Joshua Saez and an unintended second victim, shooting and wounding them, Avery said.

She said Saez had just shot another gang member, Marquis Treadwell, Treadwell's girlfriend and an unintended third victim.

Treadwell later succumbed to his injuries.

Jones used a .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol that he had recovered from Treadwell after Saez's first shooting, Avery said.

Jones fled the scene with the firearm, but Hartford police later recovered it from a vehicle on Lawrence Street in September 2021 as part of an unrelated drug trafficking investigation.

Jones' criminal record includes convictions for drug offenses, assault, theft and failure to appear in court.

Possession of a firearm or ammunition transported in interstate or foreign commerce is a violation of federal law if possessed by a person previously convicted of a serious crime.

Jones has been in federal custody since June 9, 2022.

On August 23, 2023, a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon.

Saez is serving a state sentence for the murder of Treadwell and the attack on Treadwell's girlfriend.