WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A convicted felon in the District was sentenced to three years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and trafficking drugs.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia said that 29-year-old John Calvin Harris was sentenced Thursday for charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon and possession with intent to distribute amphetamine and cocaine base.
Harris will have to serve an additional three years of supervised release after his prison sentence.
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Court documents state that Metropolitan Police Department officers were patrolling the 4000 block of Minnesota Ave. NE on June 30, 2025, when they saw Harris sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked car. At that time, Harris was wanted on an active warrant from Maryland…