A St. Louis man was convicted by a jury on Wednesday for the robbery and attempted robbery of four restaurants within a week in 2020. Kammeron Davis, 33, was found guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on three counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and three counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The trial presented evidence and testimony showing that Davis robbed a Penn Station restaurant in St. Louis on Sept. 13, 2020, by pointing a gun at employees and demanding money. Three days later, he attempted to rob a Subway restaurant in Maplewood but was chased away by an employee wielding a broom. Approximately 15 minutes later, Davis robbed another Subway restaurant in St. Louis by jumping over the counter and stealing money from the cash register while armed. On September 20, Davis and an accomplice robbed yet another Subway outlet in St. Louis.
Video footage captured the robberies as well as the car used by Davis during these crimes. In court, three individuals identified Davis as the perpetrator.
Davis is set to be sentenced on October 22. He faces a mandatory sentence of 21 years for the firearm charges alone. The charges for robbery and attempted robbery each carry potential sentences of up to 20 years.
In 2011, Davis pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery and armed criminal action after robbing another Penn Station restaurant in St. Louis County Circuit Court where he received a sentence of ten years.
The investigation into this case was conducted by the FBI, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and the Maplewood Police Department with Assistant U.S Attorneys Donald Boyce and Cort VanOstran leading the prosecution.
This case falls under Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an initiative that brings together all levels of law enforcement along with communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence with the aim of making neighborhoods safer. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy to strengthen PSN based on principles such as fostering trust and legitimacy in communities, supporting community-based organizations that prevent violence, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring results.
