Convicted Felon Sentenced to 24 Months for Illegal Possession of Stolen, Loaded Firearm

WASHINGTON -- Charles E. General, 29, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 24 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a stolen, loaded handgun, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

General pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2025, before Judge Randolph D. Moss to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. In addition to the 24-month prison term, Judge Moss ordered General to serve three years of supervised release.

According to court documents, on Oct. 13, 2023, Metropolitan Police Department investigators in plain-clothes observed General and others smoking marijuana in a parking lot in the 1400 block of Cedar Street SE. As officers approached, they smelled marijuana and told the group they could not smoke on the street.

Officers conducted a lawful frisk of General, during which an officer felt a firearm in his coat pocket. General was placed in handcuffs, and a search incident to arrest recovered a loaded Glock 30S .45 caliber pistol from his outer right coat pocket.

The Glock had been reported stolen from a Federal Firearms Licensee in Springfield, Virginia, that had been burglarized.

General previously had been convicted in D.C. Superior Court of carrying a pistol without a license - the prior felony that made his firearm possession in this case a federal offense.

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Washington Field Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Emory V. Cole as part of the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Initiative.

Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful is a law enforcement initiative in support of President Trump's Executive Order to crack down on gun violence, prioritize federal firearms violations, pursue tougher penalties for offenses, and seek detention for federal firearms violators.

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