WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Kelvin Leon, 27,a residentofthe District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to22monthsin prisonin connection with possessing a machine gunthat he fired out the window of hisSoutheast Washingtonapartment, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Leon pleaded guilty on March 26, 2026,before Judge Amir H. Alito one count of possession of a machine gun and one count of endangerment with a firearm.After serving his 22-monthprisonsentence, Leon will be deportedto Venezuela.

According to court papers, on July 24, 2025, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's...