Hartford Man Who Harbored Fugitive Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Prison for Gun and Drug Offenses

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DENROY FABLE, also known as “Kik,” 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and narcotics offenses.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in late December 2017, members of the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crime Task Force and the Hartford and Manchester Police Departments were searching for a fugitive wanted in connection with a homicide in Manchester.  Investigators developed information connecting Fable to the fugitive being sought.

On January 2, 2018, investigators stopped Fable’s car in the vicinity of Airport Road in Hartford.  A search of Fable’s jacket revealed a loaded Ruger 9mm handgun and quantities of crack cocaine and marijuana.  After Fable was arrested, investigators searched Fable’s residence on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford and located the fugitive.  A search of the residence also revealed resale quantities of cocaine, crack and fentanyl/heroin; other evidence of narcotics trafficking, and multiple rounds of assorted ammunition.

Fable’s criminal history includes state convictions for criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit.

It is a violation of federal law for a person previously convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Fable has been detained since his arrest on January 2, 2018.  On November 5, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, cocaine base (“crack”).

This matter was investigated by the FBI’s Connecticut Violent Crime Task Force and the Hartford and Manchester Police Departments.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey M. Stone.