Deangelo Lorenzo Lewis, a 28-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison. Lewis was found guilty of defrauding banks through altered and deposited stolen checks, distributing marijuana, and illegally possessing a firearm.
At the time of his arrest, Lewis used a stolen identity to rent an apartment in Kalorama. He funded the rental with money from a stolen checking account and used the premises for marijuana distribution and fraud operations while armed with a semi-automatic assault pistol modeled after an AK47.
The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, FBI Assistant Director Steven J. Jensen from the Washington Field Office, and Acting U.S. Marshal Ron Carter for the District Court of Columbia.
Lewis's conviction came on February 28, 2025, when a federal jury found him guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. In addition to his prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Loren L. AliKhan ordered three years of supervised release.
Court documents revealed that on October 3, 2023, Deputy United States Marshals and FBI agents executed an arrest warrant at Lewis's residence on the 2400 block of 17th Street NW. They breached his apartment door using a battering ram and took him into custody after observing evidence of fraud during their security sweep.
A search warrant allowed officers to recover items including a Maryland driver’s license not belonging to Lewis, three Visa debit cards issued to others, numerous bank checks made out to different individuals, two laptops, various printers and check writing software, as well as stolen U.S. Postal Service uniforms found in his bedroom.
Additionally seized were small mylar bags containing marijuana totaling 24 ounces along with packaging materials like digital scales; firearms included two loaded handgun magazines alongside one Century Arms Micro Draco assault pistol loaded with ammunition—items prohibited due to Lewis’s status as a previously convicted felon.
Investigators obtained warrants for electronic devices associated with Lewis alongside access permissions concerning Instagram accounts where incriminating evidence was discovered: photos depicting firearms such as Micro Draco pistols held by himself along with images advertising marijuana sales or documenting fraudulent activities involving bank checks exceeding $275k targeting over ten victims collectively identified within these schemes alone without factoring pending trials elsewhere beyond DC Superior Court boundaries reaching Prince George's County jurisdiction plus US District Courts across Maryland respectively handled via coordinated efforts between US Marshals Service Task Force partners led collaboratively among Arlington County Police Department affiliates too alongside prosecutorial oversight managed under guidance provided chiefly via Assistant US Attorney James B Nelson spearheading legal proceedings throughout case lifecycle culminating ultimately now seen today reflected upon shared outcomes observed here finally reported publicly acknowledging results obtained thereby concluding current phase undertaken against named defendant following formal adjudication rendered therein...
