Freddie Lee Hall, Jr., a 57-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine while possessing multiple firearms. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Hall entered a guilty plea on February 13, 2025, before Judge Trevor N. McFadden for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Besides the prison term, Hall will also undergo five years of supervised release as ordered by Judge McFadden.
Court documents reveal that in 2024, Hall was captured on surveillance cameras selling significant quantities of cocaine base on thirteen occasions. The amounts ranged from 13.5 grams to 106 grams, accumulating to over three-quarters of a kilogram. These transactions were conducted with a confidential informant working alongside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Washington Field Division.
On August 22, 2024, ATF agents apprehended Hall in Northwest Washington and executed a search warrant at his residence in District Heights, Maryland. During the search, seven firearms were discovered: a Ruger LC pistol concealed in an air duct; a Panzer BP12 shotgun behind a bedroom door; and five more firearms within a gun safe including a "ghost gun," several loaded pistols with obliterated serial numbers, and an American Tactical AR pistol. Additionally, agents seized 1,400 rounds of ammunition from various magazines.
The search also uncovered what appeared to be freshly manufactured crack cocaine drying on paper towels in the basement bedroom along with large quantities of marijuana, powder cocaine totaling 547 grams, cocaine base weighing 72.86 grams, two pounds of suspected magic mushrooms, assorted drug paraphernalia and manufacturing devices, and over $61,763 in cash.
This case was investigated by multiple agencies including the DEA Washington Division and ATF Washington Field Division with support from the Metropolitan Police Department and Prince George’s County Police Department. Assistance came from Prince George’s County Fire-EMS Office of the Fire Marshal. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared English along with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul V. Courtney prosecuted the case.
