Christian Malik White, 26, a previously convicted felon residing in Maryland, was sentenced on July 23 in U.S. District Court to 40 months in prison followed by 10 months of home confinement for possessing a loaded firearm and ammunition after being found with a stolen pickup truck in the District of Columbia, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
White pleaded guilty on December 2, 2025, before Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. In addition to the prison term, Judge Sooknanan ordered White to serve three years of supervised release, with the first ten months as home detention. Federal prosecutors had requested a minimum sentence of 57 months in prison.
According to court documents, at approximately 3:15 a.m. on August 29, 2025, Metropolitan Police Department officers observed a pickup truck without license plates parked on the 1800 block of 9th Street NW. White was seen leaning against the passenger side of the vehicle and gave false statements when questioned about driving or possessing keys for it. Officers determined that the truck had been reported stolen out of Maryland and arrested White after finding its key in his pocket.
Inside the vehicle, officers recovered a loaded Glock 19 handgun with laser sight and a magazine containing fifteen rounds as well as an additional extended magazine loaded with twenty-four rounds—totaling thirty-nine rounds of ammunition. The firearm had been reported lost by a District resident earlier that year.
At the time of this offense, White was on probation for cocaine distribution in Maryland and now faces additional probation revocation proceedings there. This marks his fourth felony conviction and third involving firearms; previous convictions include serving as straw purchaser for firearms (2019), distributing cocaine (2018), eluding law enforcement and reckless driving (June 2020), and possessing a handgun with laser attachment (September 2020). The case was investigated by Metropolitan Police Department officers alongside agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Washington Field Office.
The prosecution was handled under the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful initiative by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tejpal Chawla. Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful is described as supporting President Trump’s Executive Order focused on gun violence reduction through prioritizing federal firearms violations.