MPD’s Weekly Firearm Recoveries: Monday, May 9, 2022 to Monday, May 16, 2022

Wednesday, May 18, 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, May 9, 2022, through Monday, May 16, 2022, MPD detectives and officers recovered 58 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, May 9, 2022

  • A Glock 42 .380 caliber handgun was recovered in the 2400 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast. CCN: 22-064-938

  • A Smith & Wesson 38 Special .38 caliber revolver was recovered in the 1300 block of 31st Street, Southeast. CCN: 22-064-990

  • A Glock 23 .40 caliber handgun was recovered in the 1000 block of Euclid Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Alaysha Simmons, of Northeast, D.C., for Carrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Leaving after Colliding, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-065-072

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

  • A Taurus 85 38 Special .38 caliber revolver was recovered in the 800 block of Crittenden Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 20-year-old Johan Ramon Martinez, of Northwest, D.C., for Aggravated Assault, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance while Armed. CCN: 22-065-306

  • A Smith & Wesson M&P M2.0 9mm caliber handgun (pictured below) was recovered in the 600 block of E Street, Northwest. The following person was arrested: 24-year-old Charles William Farmer, of Northeast, D.C., forCarrying a Pistol without a License, Possession of Unregistered Ammunition, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Felon in Possession, and Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device. CCN: 22-065-396

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