MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, January 22, 2024, to Monday, January 29, 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024
(Washington, D.C.) – Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to investigate and recover illegal firearms in Washington, D.C., through intelligence-based policing to identify, interdict, and interrupt armed violent offenders within the District. In addition to our patrol officers, members from several of MPD’s specialized units work tirelessly to secure illegal firearms safely and respectfully and get them off our streets. From Monday, January 22, 2024, through Monday, January 29, 2024, MPD detectives and officers recovered 52 firearms in the District of Columbia.
Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all guns recovered in the District of Columbia.
Among the firearms recovered were:
Monday, January 22, 2024
A Browning Arms BB gun was recovered in the 1800 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. CCN: 24-010-834
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
A Diamondback DB-15 5.56mm assault rifle and a Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun were recovered in the 200 block of 10th Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 30-year-old Calvery Matthew Epps, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, National Firearms Act, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 24-011-137
A Clerke First .32 caliber revolver 9mm caliber handgun and a BB gun were recovered in the 3800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 65-year-old Parick Steven Ward, of Southeast, D.C., and 40-year-old Robert Lee Bridgers, Jr., of Southeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License and Possession of a BB gun. CCN: 24-011-234
A Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 400 block of New Jersey Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 24-011-284
A Springfield Armory XD5-9 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast. The following people were arrested: 35-year-old Paul DeAngelo Byers, of Southeast, D.C., and 24-year-old Tamiiah Banks, of Northeast, D.C., for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-011-401
A Taurus 709 Slim 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 2200 block of Nicholas Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 16-year-old male juvenile, of Temple Hills, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, and Possession of Unregistered Ammunition. CCN: 24-011-414
A Bersa Thunder 380 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 5500 block of Central Avenue, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 33-year-old Aaron Damon Crutchfield, of Capitol Heights, MD, for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Felon in Possession, Possession of an Open Container of Alcohol, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana while Armed. CCN: 24-011-420