ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old man admitted Monday to committing two carjackings in the St. Louis area.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Missouri said Ramon D. Davis, 19, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
On Nov. 7, 2021, prosecutors said Davis, Montrell Jackson and an unnamed juvenile male were walking past an alley when they saw an older man unloading his 2006 Mazda 3 and decided to carjack him. Davis was armed with a stolen handgun; Jackson was also armed with a handgun.
Hours later, St. Louia police cameras spotted the stolen Mazda. After a chase involving St. Louis police and Hazelwood police, Davis crashed and was arrested after hiding under a semitrailer nearby. Police found two handguns in the car, including Davis' stolen gun.
On Nov. 11, 2022, Davis and others were in a stolen BMW when they saw a 2017 Mercedes GLS550 SUV at a CVS, on Watson Road in Webster Groves. Davis had an AR-style pistol and confronted a woman in the Mercedes with the gun before pushing her to the ground. Davis and another man, Tristan T. Davis, then drove off in the stolen SUV. They were arrested four days later.
Davis' sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 7.
The carjacking charges carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. The brandishing charges carry a mandatory minimum term of 7 years in prison consecutive to any sentence, meaning other sentences would have to be served before it.
Jackson, 20, and Tristan Davis, 20, previously pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing charges.
