Michael Stuckey, a 36-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced on Mar. 18 to 160 months in federal prison for conspiring to traffic firearms from North Carolina into the District, including handguns that had been illegally converted into machine guns, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
The case highlights ongoing efforts by law enforcement to address illegal firearms trafficking and related violent crime in the region.
Stuckey pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 before Judge Loren L. AliKhan to one count of firearms trafficking conspiracy. In addition to his prison sentence, he was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. Court documents show that between August 2022 and July 2024, Stuckey worked with a co-conspirator who purchased multiple Glock pistols from licensed dealers in North Carolina using straw purchases and false certifications on federal forms. The firearms were then transferred to Stuckey in the District, despite his status as a convicted felon prohibited from possessing guns.
Law enforcement stopped a vehicle used by Stuckey on May 15, 2024, recovering two loaded Glock pistols—one equipped with a machine gun conversion device—from a backpack bearing his name. Officers also seized methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug distribution packaging during the stop. A subsequent search warrant executed at Stuckey’s residence on July 1 uncovered another loaded Glock pistol converted into a fully automatic weapon, additional conversion devices, magazines, ammunition, cocaine base packaged for distribution, and more drug supplies.
Stuckey had previously been convicted of multiple felony drug and firearm offenses that barred him under federal law from possessing any firearms or ammunition.
U.S. Attorney Pirro was joined in announcing the sentencing by ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood and Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department. The investigation was conducted by the ATF Washington Field Office and MPD and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys James B. Nelson and Solomon S. Eppel.
