WASHINGTON — A man residing in District Heights, Maryland, with a prior federal armed robbery conviction has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after a jury found he illegally possessed a loaded handgun in Southeast Washington, federal prosecutors said.
Anthony Eugene Burns, 32, was sentenced Nov. 24, 2025, in U.S. District Court to 55 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. A federal jury convicted him Sept. 10 of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
According to evidence presented at trial, on Feb. 25, 2024, Metropolitan Police Department officers were on patrol in Southeast when they responded to a report of a disorderly group at an apartment building in the 2700 block of Wade Road SE. As officers approached, they saw Burns quickly turn and sprint away…