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WASHINGTON – A D.C. man is facing serious time after a jury slammed him with multiple federal convictions yesterday. Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, tossed a loaded handgun and a stash of drugs out of an apartment window as cops moved in to arrest him.
The bust went down November 25, 2024, on Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Martin, already a convicted felon with 31 prior arrests, was wanted on an outstanding warrant from Maryland for, ironically, illegal firearm possession and drug distribution. When police knocked, Martin chucked a black backpack out the window. Inside: a loaded Century Arms Micro Draco – essentially a mini-AK-47 – along with roughly 700 grams of cocaine and over 5,700 fentanyl pills.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro highlighted the danger Martin posed, noting the drugs and cash were stashed in an apartment where a child was sleeping near the weapon. “This career criminal posed a clear danger to our community,” Pirro stated. The jury didn’t take long, returning a guilty verdict on charges including possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm during drug trafficking.
Martin is scheduled to be sentenced July 10, 2026, before Judge Trevor N. McFadden. He’s looking at a minimum of 15 years behind bars.