HARTFORD, Conn. — A Southbury man was sentenced on Thursday in Hartford to five years in federal prison for illegally possessing sawed-off shotguns and silencers, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Anthony Englehardt, 44, will have his prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release. A judge also ordered that he must serve his first six months of supervised release in home confinement.
Court documents and statements note that just before midnight on March 13, 2023, Torrington police were alerted that Englehardt used a rifle to shoot a hole in the ceiling of a Torrington residence. He then left that residence.
Prosecutors say that, at the time, Englehardt was subject to a protective order issued by the Waterbury Superior Court requiring him to surrender all his guns and ammunition.
Around 12:30 a.m. on March 14, 2023, Connecticut State Police stopped Englehardt’s vehicle, placed him in custody and charged him with multiple offenses.
According to prosecutors, later that day, a search of Englehardt’s Southbury home found 10 guns, six silencers, over 1,000 rounds of ammunition and different firearms parts and accessories. Three of the guns were sawed off-shotguns and were not registered in accordance with the National Firearms Act. The six silencers were not registered either.
Englehardt has been detained since his federal arrest on May 25, 2023. On April 18, he pleaded guilty to possession of unregistered National Firearms Act guns and silencers.
The investigation was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with assistance from the state police, the Torrington Police Department and the Southbury Police Department.
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