New Haven felon sent back to prison for assault, other offenses while on parole

A New Haven man will serve more prison time after he was arrested in connection with a domestic incident while on supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford on Wednesday sentenced Errie McClendon, 32, to two years in prison for violating the conditions of his release, U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery said in a news release.

McClendon, also known as “Buck,” was released from prison in June 2022. In October 2022, Hamden police arrested McClendon for assault, threatening and risk of injury to a minor offenses stemming from a domestic incident the month before, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

While on supervised release, McClendon on multiple occasions also tested positive for cocaine and marijuana, the U.S.

Attorney’s office noted.

“McClendon also violated his supervised release conditions in other ways, including having unauthorized contact with another convicted felon,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

McClendon was originally sent to prison for illegally having a firearm. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, New Haven police officers were investigating a report of an individual with a gun in Goffe Street Park in New Haven on May 11, 2019.

Officers found McClendon at the park and told him to remove his hand from his sweatshirt pocket, revealing a firearm that he then tossed toward a bystander, the U.S.

Attorney’s office said.

“The bystander, refusing to catch the gun, put his hands in the air and the gun fell to the ground,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. “McClendon then struggled with the officers before he was subdued.”

The U.S. Attorney’s office noted that the gun was loaded and had an obliterated serial number.

McClendon pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and was sentenced in September 2020 to three years and five months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.