DC Dealer Tossed Gun & Drugs From Window, Now Faces Decades

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WASHINGTON D.C. – A DC man known to law enforcement tossed a backpack crammed with enough fentanyl to kill thousands and a loaded handgun out of his apartment window as the cops came knocking. Derrick Thomas Martin, 33, was convicted yesterday on multiple federal charges after a jury took less than a day to reach a verdict.

According to court records, members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Apprehension Unit hit Martin’s apartment on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE on November 25, 2024, chasing a warrant from Cecil County, Maryland. Martin was already a wanted man for skipping a trial on previous gun and drug raps.

Instead of surrendering, Martin chucked a black backpack from the window. Cops recovered it to find a loaded Century Arms Micro Draco – essentially an AK-47 pistol – alongside approximately 700 grams of cocaine and over 5,700 fentanyl pills. The apartment, investigators noted, also housed a child, sleeping near the stash.

“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,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “With 31 prior arrests, this career criminal posed a clear danger to our community.”

Martin faces a minimum of 15 years behind bars when he’s sentenced on July 10, 2026, before Judge Trevor N. McFadden. Given his extensive record, a much longer stretch is likely.

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