Show-Me State Times

U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel has sentenced Ramon D. Davis, 20, to 13 years in prison for his involvement in two carjackings in the St. Louis area. The incidents occurred in 2021 and 2022.

The first carjacking took place on November 7, 2021, when Davis, along with Montrell M. Jackson and a juvenile, stole a 2006 Mazda3 near Grand Avenue and Bates Street in south St. Louis. During the incident, Davis was armed with a stolen Canik TP9 handgun while Jackson had a Ruger MAX-9 handgun. The vehicle was located the next day by the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department's Real Time Crime Center license plate recognition system, leading to a police pursuit involving Hazelwood police as well. After nearly colliding with a police vehicle and crashing into a metal storage container at North Florissant Avenue and Branch Street, Davis and Jackson fled but were later apprehended.

The second carjacking occurred on November 11, 2022, when Ramon Davis, Tristan T. Davis, and Jaymond Johnson were in possession of a stolen BMW and spotted a Mercedes GLS550 SUV parked outside a CVS on Watson Road in Webster Groves. Armed with an AR-style pistol, Ramon confronted an occupant of the Mercedes before driving away with Tristan in the stolen vehicle.

In July, Ramon Davis pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and two counts of carjacking. Co-defendants Tristan T. Davis and Montrell M. Jackson also pleaded guilty to related charges; Tristan received a sentence of 90 months while Jackson was sentenced to 70 months.

Jaymond Johnson has also pleaded guilty to similar charges but is still awaiting sentencing.

The case involved multiple law enforcement agencies including the St. Louis County Police Department, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, FBI, Webster Groves Police Department, Hazelwood Police Department, and Normandy Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorneys Zachary Bluestone and Cassandra Wiemken.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which aims to reduce violent crime through collaboration between law enforcement agencies and communities they serve.