Joshua Calvin Allen, a 35-year-old resident of the District of Columbia with five prior felony convictions, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for unlawfully carrying a loaded Glock pistol with an extended magazine. The sentencing took place on October 15 in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Allen pleaded guilty on June 30, 2025, to unlawful possession of a firearm. In addition to his prison sentence, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ordered Allen to serve three years of supervised release.
Allen has been held at the Central Detention Facility since November 2021 after violating the terms of his previous supervised release related to prisoner escape and assault with intent to commit robbery while armed. He is also awaiting trial in connection with a 2021 homicide.
A D.C. Superior Court Judge issued a warrant for Allen’s arrest on November 9, 2021, for the June 2021 killing of Delonte Johnson, who was 28 years old at the time.
On November 10, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshal’s Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located Allen using GPS data from his ankle monitor—a device he was required to wear as part of his supervised release following an earlier conviction for illegal firearm possession.
The Task Force apprehended Allen while he was sitting in the driver’s seat of a white Ford Explorer near an apartment complex in Southeast Washington. During a search, officers found a Glock 23 pistol with an extended magazine concealed between two pairs of compression shorts that Allen was wearing.
This conviction marks Allen’s sixth felony and his second conviction for possessing a firearm in the District of Columbia. His criminal history includes previous convictions for assault to commit robbery while armed, carrying a pistol without a license, inmate in possession of a weapon—all within D.C.—and armed carjacking in Maryland.
The investigation involved the U.S. Marshal’s Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, FBI Washington Field Office, and Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah C. Santiago prosecuted the case.
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