DC Gunner Gets 13+ Years

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Michael Stuckey, 36, is staring down 13 years and four months in federal prison after a two-year run pushing illegal firearms onto DC streets. Federal prosecutors sentenced Stuckey to 160 months today after he copped a plea in January 2026. The bust, a joint effort between local detectives and federal agents, revealed a pipeline of guns flowing up from North Carolina, along with a sideline in hard drugs.

It started in May 2024 when cops pulled Stuckey over on Parkland Place SE. A search of a backpack bearing his name turned up two loaded Glocks, one illegally modified with a switch to fire fully automatic. They also found 10.2 grams of meth and 64 grams of weed, plus packaging materials indicating he wasn’t just holding for a friend. The feds smelled a full-scale operation.

A July 2024 raid on Stuckey’s DC digs confirmed their suspicions. Cops found another Glock capable of fully automatic fire, along with two more conversion devices, magazines and a pile of ammunition. Add to that 23 grams of crack and more drug packaging, and the picture got even clearer. Stuckey, a convicted felon, wasn’t supposed to have any of it.

The investigation revealed Stuckey wasn’t working alone. A co-conspirator in North Carolina was allegedly buying the Glocks through straw purchases – lying on the paperwork to make it look like someone else was the real buyer. Those guns were then shipped to Stuckey in DC. Judge Loren L. AliKhan also tacked on three years of supervised release after Stuckey serves his time.