Evergreen Reporter

Brennan Holloman, a 26-year-old resident of Washington D.C., received a sentence of 51 months in prison for the illegal possession of a loaded "ghost gun," despite having previous felony convictions. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court and was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Holloman entered a guilty plea on September 25, 2024, to one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition. In addition to his prison sentence, Judge Christopher R. Cooper mandated that Holloman serve two years under supervised release.

Court documents reveal that on October 11, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District Crime Suppression team observed Holloman with a handgun while patrolling the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue Northeast in Washington, D.C. The firearm recovered was a loaded Polymer80 privately made firearm without a serial number, containing one round in its chamber and seventeen rounds in its extended magazine.

Holloman was arrested on December 15, 2023, for his possession of the ghost gun and ammunition on October 11th. During his arrest, authorities found him carrying another firearm—a Bryco .38 caliber—loaded with one round in its chamber and three rounds in its magazine.

Holloman had previously been convicted for crimes warranting imprisonment exceeding one year; notably, he was sentenced to an 18-month term (with all but nine months suspended) following his conviction on September 4, 2018. At the time he possessed firearms on both occasions mentioned above, Holloman was aware of his prior conviction for crimes punishable by more than one year’s imprisonment.

The case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul V. Courtney.