A Hartford man was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, according to federal authorities.

Denroy Fable, 40, now faces up to 15 years in prison, as well as additional possible penalties for violating the conditions of his supervised release, according to federal authorities. His sentencing is not yet scheduled.

Authorities, citing evidence presented during the trial, said the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Hartford Task Force and Hartford Police Department conducted an investigation of a “purported clothing store” at 136 Barbour St., Hartford that was suspected of trafficking narcotics and made two controlled purchases of marijuana there in 2022.

The “purported clothing store” had an awning that said “The HOLE Ex-Con 360 the movement,” according to federal authorities.

Fable and others were in the store in October 2022 when investigators “conducted a court-authorized search of the store and seized quantities of suspected crack cocaine, psychedelic mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, synthetic opioid pills, fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, MDMA, drug packaging and processing materials, U.S. currency, and five handguns,” federal authorities said in a statement.

“One of the handguns seized, a loaded .380 semiautomatic pistol, was found in a pocket of Fable’s jacket that was hanging on a shelf,” federal authorities said in the statement. “Subsequent forensic testing of the firearm revealed the presence of Fable’s DNA.”

Fable’s criminal history includes state convictions for criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit, and federal convictions for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack, federal authorities said.

Fable was released from prison in August 2020, and was on supervised release when he possessed the firearm in October 2022, federal authorities said in the statement. He has been detained since Oct. 5, 2022.

The investigation was conducted by the DEA’s Hartford Task Force, Hartford Police Department, with help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory, federal authorities said. The DEA Task Force includes members from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, Connecticut State Police, and Bristol, Hartford, East Hartford, Enfield, Manchester, New Britain, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Windsor Locks and Willimantic police departments.