Lamaas Lowery-Bey, a 28-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. The sentencing took place in U.S. District Court, where Judge Dabney L. Friedrich also ordered Lowery-Bey to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.
The announcement was made by U.S Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, with FBI Special Agent in Charge Reid Davis of the Washington Field Office Criminal Division and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department joining her.
According to court documents, law enforcement officers were focusing on the Fairlawn neighborhood near 19th Street SE and Minnesota Ave SE due to a series of five homicides that occurred there in 2023. On September 14, 2023, officers observed Lowery-Bey pulling out what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine from his pants in the area.
On October 4, 2023, Metropolitan Police Department officers executed a search warrant at Lowery-Bey’s home. They found a .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine hidden behind a canvas painting above his bathroom toilet. As officers removed the painting, the loaded gun fell onto the toilet tank. The firearm was loaded with 29 rounds and equipped with a “switch” device capable of enabling automatic fire if operable. Authorities determined that this gun had been reported stolen.
Lowery-Bey has remained in custody since his arrest in November 2024.
Prior incidents involving Lowery-Bey include being detained in June 2023 for possessing another loaded handgun—a 9mm Taurus Millenium—along with a high-capacity drum magazine holding up to fifty rounds; those charges were later dismissed by D.C. Superior Court.
Lowery-Bey’s criminal record includes previous convictions for attempted assault with a dangerous weapon (gun), possession of a firearm after prior conviction, and felony contempt related to domestic violence from August 6, 2019. In that incident he threatened multiple people before barricading himself inside a bathroom and attempting to dispose of another firearm by flushing it down the toilet.
The case was investigated jointly by the Metropolitan Police Department and FBI Washington Field Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Iris McCranie.
"Lowery-Bey pleaded guilty on Apr. 18, 2025, before Judge Dabney L. Friedrich to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. In addition to the 70-month prison term, Judge Friedrich ordered Lowery-Bey to serve three years of supervised release."
