Elijah Raffington Sentenced to 7 Years for Armed Retail and Amazon Robberies

A 22-year-old Bridgeport man received a seven-year and five-month prison sentence on Tuesday following a conviction for a series of armed robberies targeting local businesses and a delivery vehicle, the New Haven Register reported.

Elijah Raffington was also ordered by a federal court in Bridgeport to serve five years of supervised release, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut David Sullivan.

The sentencing follows a violent spree in which Raffington and his accomplices used firearms to threaten employees and steal cash and property from four different retail stores and an Amazon delivery truck.

During one specific robbery at a Bridgeport deli, Raffington forced an employee to the ground at gunpoint. While he held the worker down, his associate, Mickyeem Profit, searched the store registers and stole money and cigarettes, Sullivan said.

The court heard that Raffington also pointed his firearm at a customer during the incidents.

Raffington has been in custody since his initial arrest on state charges on January 2, 2023. On November 4, 2025, he pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of carrying, using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Judge Stefan R. Underhill reduced the federal sentence to account for the time Raffington is already scheduled to serve in state custody. Raffington is expected to complete a state sentence for related conduct in October 2027.

The legal proceedings also addressed the involvement of Raffington’s accomplice. Mickyeem Profit pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced in March to eight years and six months in prison.

The federal prosecution focused on the use of firearms to facilitate the theft of commerce, a violation that carries heavy penalties under federal law regarding crimes of violence.