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A D.C. man, Charles General, 29, is headed to federal prison for 24 months after being caught with a stolen, loaded handgun in October 2023. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced the sentence today after General pleaded guilty in November to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
Plainclothes D.C. Metro Police officers spotted General and a group smoking weed in a parking lot on Cedar Street SE. When officers approached to break up the smoke session, they felt the butt of a gun tucked into General’s coat. A search turned up a loaded Glock 30S .45 caliber pistol.
The Glock, it turned out, was reported stolen after a burglary at a gun shop in Springfield, Virginia. This wasn’t General’s first run-in with the law – he’d previously been convicted in D.C. Superior Court for carrying a pistol without a license, a conviction that made possessing any firearm a federal offense.
The case was a joint effort between the Metro Police Department and the ATF, and was prosecuted as part of the “Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful” initiative, a program stemming from an executive order by former President Trump aimed at boosting federal gun crime prosecutions and penalties.
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