Two D.C. Felons Get 103 Months in Federal Prison After Flashing Real Guns in Music Videos and IG Lives
Two D.C. felons who flashed guns in music videos and IG Lives were sentenced Oct. 22 in federal court: Travis Foster, 25, got 57 months and Reginald Monroe, 23, got 46 months, 103 months combined, the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. said.
Two Washington, D.C. men who showed off guns in music videos and Instagram livestreams are headed to federal prison.
Travis Foster, 25, and Reginald Monroe, 23, both previously convicted felons, were sentenced Oct. 22 in U.S. District Court by Judge Loren L. AliKhan. Foster got 57 months and Monroe got 46 months, 103 months combined, each with three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. announced.
According to court documents, law enforcement started watching social media in 2023 after spotting Foster and associates in high-resolution music videos and posts with guns carrying extended magazines, including micro Draco pistols. On Oct. 19, 2023, officers tracked the group from a dinner to a nightclub in Northwest D.C. and then to a parking garage, where they recovered 842 suspected fentanyl pills and multiple firearms from a stolen Audi Q7, plus six more guns from a Chrysler 300. DNA tied Monroe to two Glocks, and prosecutors say Monroe had two pistols modified to fire as machine guns, each with a 22-round magazine.
Investigators later found Instagram voice messages in which Foster called the seized guns his and talked about replacing them. A search of his home turned up a loaded pistol, more than a pound of marijuana and a money counter. Foster had been out of prison only three months, after a 96-month sentence for a 2019 armed robbery, when the 2023 arrest happened.
Foster pleaded guilty July 24 to felon in possession and possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Monroe pleaded guilty July 23 to felon in possession and possession of a machine gun.
"They flaunted guns for the cameras, brandished weapons in music videos, and carried an arsenal of deadly firepower into our community," U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said. "Now they're going to prison."
Sources: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia (Oct. 22, 2026); Daily Voice and Hoodline (Oct. 2026). Photo: U.S. Department of Justice (public domain).