Gerard Stokes, a 31-year-old resident of Greenbelt, Maryland, has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting two Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in March 2025. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Stokes pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of felony assault on a police officer at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Judge Errol Arthur handed down a sentence of 36 months’ incarceration followed by three years of supervised release.
“Today, my office held accountable a criminal who attacked two Metropolitan Police Department officers by driving into them with his ATV. He will now spend 3 years behind bars,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. “The assault on any law enforcement officer will absolutely not be tolerated and my office will continue to aggressively pursue criminals who commit these violent, egregious attacks.”
According to evidence presented by prosecutors, the incident occurred on March 15, 2025, near 1442 U Street NW in Washington D.C., where officers observed several individuals loitering outside a gas station on ATVs. As officers approached the group after exiting their cruiser, Stokes performed a wheelie and drove his ATV directly toward two MPD officers. One officer was clipped on the shoulder while another was struck head-on and dragged under the vehicle for about fifteen feet. The latter officer sustained multiple lacerations to her head and face, suffered a concussion, and had a fractured jaw as a result.
Investigators identified Stokes as the driver through surveillance footage that captured his unique clothing, helmet, and blue ATV during the incident.
Stokes was arrested on August 16, 2025, and has remained in custody since then.
Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence. Both officials recognized investigators from MPD for their efforts in solving the case and acknowledged Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kadian Carter and Maggie Sullivan for prosecuting it.