Washington D.C. resident Damani Lamont Carmon, 31, has been sentenced to serve two years in prison following a 2024 traffic stop where police discovered he was carrying a loaded Glock firearm, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr., alongside ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood and MPD Chief Pamela Smith, announced the punishment that also includes three years of supervised release after Carmon’s incarceration.
The traffic stop that led to Carmon's arrest occurred on April 30, 2024, on Benning Road Northeast; officers spotted an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, which led them to search the car and find the Glock 23 .40 caliber firearm with 14 rounds of ammunition, the discovery prompted DNA testing, which subsequently tied the weapon to Carmon, who had already been barred from firearm possession due to a prior felony conviction involving a violent assault in 2019. Carmon had pleaded guilty to the unlawful firearm possession on December 6, 2024, before Chief Judge James E. Boasberg handed down the sentence.
The conviction from 2021 involved assault with intent to kill and carrying a pistol without a license, pertaining to an incident at a Washington, D.C., gas station; at the time of his most recent charge, Carmon was under supervised release for these previous charges, now Carmon has been held without bond since his arrest on October 1, 2024.
Carmon's case was part of the broader initiative known as Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program aimed at reducing violent crime; the case received investigative support from the ATF and MPD, and also involved assistance from the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rachel Craft, Paul V. Courtney, and Kyle R. Mirabelli played key roles in prosecuting the matter, as they continue to work joint efforts to enforce federal firearm laws, especially for individuals with a violent criminal past like Carmon.
