Hartford’s “Mo” Convicted On Federal Firearms Violations

Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 7:30 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

BRIDGEPORT, CT.- A 36-year-old Hartford, Connecticut, man will be facing up to twenty years in federal prison when sentenced after being found guilty last Friday on federal firearms offenses.

     According to U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan, on Friday, August 15, 2025, following a trial in Federal Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a federal jury for the District of Connecticut, found Morris Carter, III, also known as “Mo,” 36, of Hartford, Connecticut, guilty of one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person, Convicted Felon; and one count of Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number.

According To The Evidence That Was Presented During The Trial

     According to the evidence presented at trial, in the early morning hours of February 19, 2023, Carter became involved in a fight at a local convenience store in the South End of Hartford, Connecticut. Video surveillance footage showed Carter possessing a firearm and beating a convenience store patron in the head with a gun ammunition magazine, which ejected rounds of ammunition during the altercation.

     After beating the Patron, Carter then fled the store, driving toward Wethersfield, and threw two handguns out the window of the car. Members of the Wethersfield Police Department stopped the vehicle on Nott Street and found a loaded ammunition magazine under the passenger seat of the car.

     Later that morning, a Wethersfield resident called the Police after finding one of the discarded guns at the end of her driveway. Police Officers responded to the scene and located both handguns, a magazine, and ammunition scattered in the area. Investigators also located ammunition from inside the convenience store.

Carter Has A Prior Criminal Conviction For Drug Distribution

     Carter’s criminal history includes a federal conviction in 2013 for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Due to his prior felony conviction, Carter knew that when he possessed the handguns on February 19, 2025, he was prohibited from possessing them.

     Carter, who has been detained since his arrest on February 19, 2023, faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison on both of the firearms charges. Carter, who was also on supervised release at the time of the instant offense, will face additional penalties for violating the terms and conditions of his supervised release.