U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves | U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves | U.S. Department of Justice
Damani Lamont Carmon, a 31-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has entered a guilty plea to a federal firearms charge. The charge is related to his possession of a loaded Glock firearm in April 2024. This development was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division, and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Carmon admitted guilt in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by someone convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Judge James E. Boasberg has set the sentencing hearing for March 14, 2025.
Court documents reveal that on April 30, 2024, MPD officers stopped Carmon's vehicle on Benning Road Northeast due to a traffic violation. Officers found an open container of tequila inside the car during their search and discovered a Glock 23 .40 caliber firearm loaded with one round in its chamber and thirteen rounds in its magazine in the center console. DNA testing later linked Carmon to the weapon.
Federal law prohibits Carmon from possessing firearms due to his status as a convicted felon. In 2021, he was convicted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for assault with intent to kill and carrying an unlicensed pistol related to a shooting incident at a gas station in Washington, D.C., back in 2019. At the time he possessed this firearm, he was under supervised release for these offenses.
In September 2024, Carmon was indicted by a federal grand jury convened by the U.S. District Court for this offense from April.
Since his arrest on October 1, 2024, Carmon has been held without bond.
Carmon could face up to fifteen years in prison and fines reaching $250,000 if sentenced according to maximum penalties set by Congress; however, any sentence will be determined based on U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other legal factors considered by the court.
The investigation into this case involved both ATF and MPD under Project Safe Neighborhoods with support from FBI Laboratory services based out of Quantico, Virginia.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Paul V. Courtney and Kyle R. Mirabelli are prosecuting this case.
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