MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Mon, January 3, 2021 to Mon, January 10, 2021

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

(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 safely and respectfully secure illegal firearms and get them off our streets. From Monday, January 3, 2021, through Monday, January 10, 2021, MPD detectives and officers recovered 29 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:

Tuesday, January 4, 2021

  • A Glock 19 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 200 block of 35thStreet, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 24-year-old Jacquan Peoples, of Southeast, D.C., for Robbery, Theft, Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Leaving after Colliding – Property Damage, and Fleeing from a Law Enforcement Officer. CCN: 22-001-562

  • A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1600 block of Bladensburg Road, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 23-year-old Josh Matthew Bailey, of Bowie, MD, for Carrying a Pistolwithout a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-001-564

  • A Glock 22 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1700 block of North Capitol Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 25-year-old George Earl McDavid, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Felon in Possession, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-001-612

  • A Patmos 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of 12thStreet, Southeast. CCN: 22-001-626

  • A Glock 17 9mm caliber handgun was recovered in the 3300 block of Idaho Avenue, Northwest. CCN: 22-001-656

 

Wednesday, January 5, 2021

  • A Taurus PT840C .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1800 block of L Street, Southeast. The following person was arrested: 15-year-old male juvenile, of Bladensburg, MD, for Theft, Carrying a Dangerous Weapon outside a Home or Business, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Leaving after Colliding, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-002-015

  • A Ruger EC9S 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 1500 block of Isherwood Street, Northeast. The following person was arrested: 28-year-old Lafonzo Leonard Iracks, of Northwest, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Firearm, Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Consumption of Marijuana in a Public Space Prohibited, and Felon in Possession. CCN: 22-002-060

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