D.C. Felon Gets Two Years for Packed Glock

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WASHINGTON D.C. – David Oday Smith, 39, walked out of court today headed back to a federal cell after getting 24 months for having a loaded handgun when he was already legally barred from owning one. Smith, a D.C. resident with a long rap sheet, pleaded guilty back in November to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

The bust went down last July when Metro PD’s Crime Suppression Team spotted Smith near a bus stop lugging a heavy bag. When officers moved in, Smith bolted, tossing the bag over a fence. Witnesses saw the whole thing. Inside? A Glock 27 .40 caliber pistol, cocked and loaded with a full mag – one in the chamber, fourteen more ready to go.

This wasn’t Smith’s first rodeo with the system. Back in 2009, he got 30 years for second-degree murder, assault, and using a handgun in a violent crime in Prince George’s County, Maryland. He served fifteen years before being released. That past conviction is what turned this gun charge into a federal offense.

The ATF and Metro PD worked the case, with Assistant U.S. Attorney David Liss handling the prosecution. The sentencing falls under the “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative, a federal push – stemming from an Executive Order by former President Trump – to get tougher on gun crime and lock up firearms offenders.