Fentanyl Dealer Tossed Gun & Drugs From Window, Convicted

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WASHINGTON D.C. – Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, a repeat offender with a rap sheet stretching back years, was found guilty yesterday on multiple federal charges after a brazen attempt to ditch evidence during his arrest. A D.C. jury needed less than a day to convict Martin, who allegedly hurled a backpack packed with a loaded firearm and a serious quantity of narcotics out of a window as cops closed in.

According to court testimony, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Apprehension Unit hit Martin’s apartment on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE on November 25, 2024, acting on an outstanding warrant from Maryland. Martin had skipped court on prior gun and drug charges there.

Instead of complying, Martin allegedly tossed a black backpack from the window. Cops recovered the bag and found it contained a loaded Century Arms Micro Draco – a pistol firing the same rounds as an AK-47 – alongside roughly 700 grams of cocaine and over 5,700 fentanyl pills. The apartment, prosecutors argued, housed a child who slept nearby.

“This guy stashed large quantities of drugs and cash in an apartment where a child slept just feet from a loaded, micro draco pistol, a gun that fired the same bullets as an AK-47 assault rifle,” stated U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “With 31 prior arrests, this career criminal posed a clear danger to our community.”

Martin now faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars when sentenced on July 10, 2026, before Judge Trevor N. McFadden. He was convicted of possession with intent to distribute over 100 grams of fentanyl analogue, 500 grams of cocaine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possessing a firearm while trafficking drugs.

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