Three Metro East Men Admit Downtown St. Louis Carjacking
ST. LOUIS - A downtown St. Louis carjacking that began with a smashed window and ended with gunfire at an Illinois State Police trooper has led to guilty pleas from three Metro East men in federal court.
Davon McLorn, 32, of Madison County, Ill., pleaded guilty Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Abduelah Jones, 28, of East St. Louis, and Kasey Richardson, 30, of Belleville, previously pleaded guilty in the Jan. 27, 2024, carjacking near Convention Plaza and North Seventh Street. A sentencing memorandum filed in Jones’ case says the men planned to take the stolen vehicle to a “chop shop” to be sold for parts.
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According to plea agreements, the three approached a man who was sitting in his parked 2013 Nissan Sentra. McLorn smashed the driver’s side window and forcibly removed the victim from the car. McLorn, who was holding a pistol, then robbed the victim of his wallet and cellphone and stole the car.
McLorn and the others drove across the Eads Bridge into Illinois, where an Illinois State Police trooper attempted a traffic stop, according to the plea agreements. The men fled, firing about six times at the trooper and striking the windshield and other parts of the cruiser. After the stolen vehicle crashed, McLorn and the others fled on foot before being captured.
The sentencing memorandum in Jones’ case says the men spent more than an hour smoking, drinking and joyriding in the stolen vehicle before they were spotted by the trooper.
Jones pleaded guilty to carjacking and is serving a 73-month prison sentence. Richardson pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 17, 2026. McLorn is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 20, 2027.
The Illinois State Police and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Lake is prosecuting it.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a Department of Justice initiative that coordinates federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement, prosecutors and public safety partners to combat violent crime.
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