A 31-year-old St. Louis man who carjacked a woman near Forest Park, then tried to make a quiet exit on a MetroBus, is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
Senior U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced Deionte Grice to 162 months in federal prison, a 13½-year term, for a January 5 carjacking involving a 2020 Kia Optima in the 5300 block of Devonshire Avenue. Investigators said Grice forced the victim out of her car, drove it into Forest Park where it became disabled, abandoned the vehicle, and boarded a MetroBus, where police detained him and recovered the victim’s purse and two handguns.
According to RiverBender, Judge Ross imposed the sentence at a hearing in federal court on Tuesday. The outlet reports that the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin, that Grice had previously pleaded guilty, and that he is a 31-year-old St. Louis resident…