Convicted Felon Sentenced for Possessing a Glock Pistol That Police Discovered After He Crashed a Stolen Car on I-295 Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Date: 7 May 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime Topic: Interstate Highway System

Defendant Led Police on High-Speed Chase

            WASHINGTON – Jordan Tyler Alexander, 20, of Washington D.C., was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm that was discovered after he fled from police in a stolen car and crashed it following a high-speed chase. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves; ATF Special Agent in Charge Craig Kailimai of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Chief Malik Aziz of the Prince George’s County Police Department, and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            Alexander pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on February 13 to a count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person convicted of a felony. Alexander is also facing trial for armed robbery and weapons counts in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

            In addition to the 46-month prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon ordered Alexander to serve three years of supervised release.

            According to court documents, a Prince George’s County police officer was on patrol at 2 a.m. on August 9, 2023, when he watched a white Honda Accord pull into the parking lot of a convenience store in Suitland, MD, and then immediately leave. The officer suspected that the vehicle drove away after spotting his marked police cruiser. The police officer later saw the Honda pull into the parking lot of a tobacco store. The officer ran the vehicle’s license plate number and learned the car had been stolen in an armed robbery on July 24, 2023, in Southeast Washington, D.C.

            The officer followed the Honda and witnessed it run a red light. The officer switched on his flashers and siren. The Honda sped off. The officer received authorization to pursue the Honda and followed it into the District at speeds that reached 100 m.p.h. before it crashed into a guardrail at I-295 Northbound near the exit for Minnesota Ave., NE.

            Alexander jumped out of the driver’s side door and ran down I-295 as cars drove past him. An unidentified individual jumped out of the front passenger side of the vehicle. A law enforcement officer caught up to the fleeing Alexander and maneuvered in front of him. Alexander subsequently surrendered.

            Inside the crashed white Honda investigators discovered a Glock 27, 40 caliber handgun with an extended magazine on the driver’s side floorboard. Next to the firearm was a cell phone. On the front passenger seat, there was an additional black Glock 22, 47 caliber pistol. The Glock on the floorboard was loaded with 17 bullets and had one in the chamber.

            This case was investigated by the Prince George’s County Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Washington Field Division, and the Metropolitan Police Department as part of Project Safe Neighborhood

            The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shehzad Akhtar with valuable help provided by paralegal Karla Nunez.

Updated May 7, 2024

Press Release Number: 24-399