Show-Me State Times

ST. LOUIS – Three men have admitted participating in one carjacking, and a fourth has admitted involvement in two St. Louis area carjackings.

Jaymond Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on Thursday to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Ramon D. Davis, 20, pleaded guilty in July to two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and two counts of carjacking. Tristan T. Davis, 20, and Montrell M. Jackson, 21, of Northwoods each pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Tristan Davis pleaded guilty in June and Jackson pleaded guilty in December.

On Nov. 7, 2021, Ramon Davis, Montrell Jackson, and a juvenile were walking past an alley near Grand Avenue and Bates Street in south St. Louis when they spotted an older man and decided to steal his car, the plea agreements say. Davis was armed with a Canik TP9 handgun that he had stolen the prior month while Jackson had a Ruger MAX-9 handgun. Davis brandished the Canik as the assailants demanded the victim’s 2006 Mazda3. The next day, the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center license plate recognition system located the stolen car. When St. Louis police caught up with it, Hazelwood police were pursuing the vehicle driven by Ramon Davis. After nearly hitting a police car, Davis lost control at an intersection but regained control and continued fleeing for more than two miles before crashing into a metal storage container at North Florissant Avenue and Branch Street. Both Davis and Jackson fled from the crash but were later arrested; officers found both guns used in the carjacking inside the Mazda.

On Nov. 11, 2022, Ramon Davis, Tristan Davis, and Jaymond Johnson were in a stolen BMW when Tristan Davis spotted a 2017 Mercedes GLS550 SUV parked outside a CVS on Watson Road in Webster Groves. Ramon Davis had an AR-style pistol which he used to confront an occupant of the Mercedes before pushing her to the ground and breaking her finger; then Ramon and Tristan drove away with the vehicle.

Johnson is scheduled to be sentenced on December 12th; charges for carjacking carry penalties up to 15 years imprisonment while brandishing charges carry mandatory minimum terms of seven years consecutive to any other sentence.

The case was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies including: St. Louis County Police Department; St.Louis Metropolitan Police Department; FBI; Webster Groves Police Department; Hazelwood Police Department; Normandy Police Department; prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorneys Zachary Bluestone & Cassandra Wiemken.

This case is part Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), aiming reduce violent crime/gun violence making neighborhoods safer through fostering community trust/legitimacy/supporting community-based organizations/preventing violence/focused strategic enforcement priorities/measuring results since May26th2021 launch strengthening PSN core principles