Darnell Lamont Savoy Used Firearm in Drug Crime, Washington DC, 2024

A 25-year-old Washington, D.C. man has been sentenced to five years in prison for using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, which was revealed during an investigation into a 2022 stabbing.

Darnell Lamont Savoy, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. In addition to the five-year prison sentence, Judge Kelly ordered Savoy to serve four years of supervised release.

The investigation into Savoy’s involvement in the 2022 stabbing led to the discovery of a loaded, unregistered, semi-automatic Glock 30, loaded with 24 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition in a hall closet. DNA testing linked Savoy to the firearm.

During the search, law enforcement found a plastic bag containing 4.55 grams of an off-white powder, a digital scale with white powder residue, a red cut straw with white powder residue, and a two-pack of naloxone. The powder and the residues tested positive for fentanyl.

Additionally, investigators discovered 27 zip baggies with an off-white powder weighing a total of 7.3 grams, 29 blue pills stamped M30, 16 red zip baggies containing an off-white powder weighing nearly 5 grams, and $473 in U.S. currency. The powders tested positive for fentanyl.

Savoy was previously released from custody while awaiting trial in Superior Court on charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and related offenses stemming from the 2018 shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Northeast.

The federal case is being investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia Long and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Stempel.

Beyond his involvement in the 2018 shooting, Savoy was also charged along with two co-defendants, Jamal Matthews and Stefon Freshley, for their roles in the December 28, 2018, shooting of a father and son in the Clay Terrace neighborhood. Savoy was driving as Matthews fired 30 shots into an SUV in which the father and son were sitting. The boy was shot nine times, including in the head, abdomen, chest, and back. The father sustained gunshot wounds to his leg and hand.

The three men are scheduled to be sentenced for those offenses on August 30.

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