Previously Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm

WASHINGTON – Isaiah Pushia-Keith, 26, a previously convicted felon residing in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

Pushia-Keith pleaded guilty before Judge Reggie B. Walton to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon. Judge Walton scheduled sentencing for March 17, 2027.  

According to court documents, Metropolitan Police officers responded to a report of an assault in the vicinity of 214 Jefferson Street NW on May 10, 2025. A woman met officers and reported Pushia-Keith assaulted her and that she had left her phone at the location of the assault. The woman was able to track the location of her phone, which led police to a Safeway at 3830 Georgia Avenue NW. There, Pushia-Keith was located and detained by law enforcement. The defendant informed officers that he had the woman’s phone. The defendant was wearing a black cross-body satchel, and he confirmed to police that he was carrying a ghost gun with no serial number. Officers retrieved the firearm and removed the loaded 12-round, high-capacity magazine containing six live rounds. 

Photograph of the satchel bag containing the firearm and magazine. The magazine was detached from the magazine well and protruding from the bag in this photograph. 

Photographs of the firearm with the parts of a machine gun conversion device removed from inside the satchel.