Farmington Resident Implicated In Federal Stolen Gun Case

FARMINGTON, CT — A Farmington resident is among three charged in a federal gun case.

LeonardBoyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg , special agent in charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced Friday that Eric Woodie, 30, of New Britain; Dominc Colon-Brown, 27, of Farmington; and Julian Judge, 22, of New Britain, have been charged with trafficking to Connecticut firearms that were stolen in Florida.

Colon-Brown and Judge were arrested Thursday on criminal complaints. They appeared via videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish and are detained pending detention hearings scheduled for June 1. Woodie has been detained in state custody since March 2021.

According to documents and statements made in court, in late February 2021, Woodie rented a car, which Judge and Colon-Brown used to drive to Florida to obtain stolen guns and bring them back to Connecticut.

On March 8, 2021, police and agents recovered a .40 caliber handgun and a high-capacity magazine that Woodie discarded during a foot chase in New Britain, according to case records. A subsequent search of a New Britain apartment where Woodie and Judge resided revealed three additional loaded firearms, two extended magazines, more than 100 rounds of ammunition and approximately 60 grams of cocaine, case records show.

The serial number on one of the guns found in the apartment matched the serial number of a gun stolen in Florida in February 2021, Boyle said.

According to case records, Woodie, Colon-Brown and Judge were captured in recorded conversations discussing the illegal acquisition and sale of firearms, and that Judge and Colon-Brown posted photos of themselves on social media in possession of firearms.

Woodie, Colon-Brown and Judge are each charged with conspiring to engage in the business of dealing in firearms without a license and to transport stolen firearms in interstate commerce, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.

Farmington police aside with the case.