Feds: New Haven man pleads guilty to gun offense

On May 3, 2019, Reyes-Rodriguez spoke with an individual over Instagram about a photo of a Glock pistol. Prosecutors said Reyes-Rodriguez asked the person if he had one, adding that he had a friend who could make the gun shoot automatically.

NEW HAVEN — A city man pleaded guilty to a federal machine gun offense for selling devices to alter guns to fire automatically, according to prosecutors.

Angel Reyes-Rodriguez, 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday before Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to unlawful possession and transfer of machine guns.

On May 3, 2019, ReyesRodriguez spoke with an individual over Instagram about a photo of a Glock pistol. Prosecutors said Reyes-Rodriguez asked the person if he had one, adding that he had a friend who could make the gun shoot automatically.

The individual, at the direction of law enforcement officers, arranged to buy two Glock conversion devices from Reyes-Rodriguez. The pair met up at a store parking lot in New Haven on May 9, 2019, and

Reyes-Rodriguez sold the individual two devices for $500, prosecutors said.

Federal law indicates that a conversion device that changes a gun into an automatic weapon is considered a machine gun.

Shea ordered ReyesRodriguez, who is free on a $100,000 bond, to be sentenced on Nov. 23. At that time, he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for the offense.

This is Reyes-Rodriguez’s second federal conviction. In 2016, prosecutors said, he was sentenced to probation for delivering a package with 2 kilograms of cocaine to a co-conspirator.