(New Haven, CT) – New Haven Judicial District State’s Attorney John P. Doyle, Jr. today announced that Emanuel Lowery, age 23, of New Haven, was sentenced on March 28, 2025, by the Honorable Ann F. Lawlor to six years in prison, followed by four years of special parole, for the crime of Criminal Possession of a Pistol or Revolver, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-217c.
According to evidence presented at trial, the defendant made telephone calls while in the custody of the Department of Correction to a family member asking them to remove an item from the back driver's seat of a relative's vehicle. After an execution of a search warrant, members of the New Haven Police Department Criminal Intelligence Unit located a loaded .38-caliber Special revolver. A previously convicted felon, Lowery is prohibited under Connecticut law from possessing firearms and has a prior conviction for the same offense. On January 24, 2025, a jury in New Haven Superior Court found Emanuel Lowery guilty of Criminal Possession of a Pistol or Revolver.
The case was investigated by the New Haven Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State's Attorney Danielle M. Hottin and Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney David J. Strollo, with the assistance of Paralegal Specialist Yaskara Simlick and Inspectors Sean Faughnan and Jeffrey Cortes.