Robert Calvin Corbin III, a 45-year-old felon with a criminal history spanning over two decades, was sentenced to 66 months after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was caught with a modified Glock 9 mm pistol featuring a "giggle switch," an illegal device that turns the handgun into a machine gun, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The incident occurred in March when Corbin was smoking marijuana and drinking tequila in public, resisting a police frisk that revealed the firearm. Officers recovered the Glock 19 with a laser sight, a chambered round, an oversized magazine, and an additional large-capacity magazine in his bag, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Corbin was sentenced to 66 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg after pleading guilty on July 1. Prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Reeder-Ricchetti, Corbin has two prior convictions for illegal firearm possession. The case involved the Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigating Corbin’s modification of a handgun into a fully automatic weapon, as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
