ST. LOUIS – U.S. District John A. Ross on Tuesday sentenced a felon to 13 ½ years in prison for carjacking a woman in St. Louis in 2024.
On Jan. 5, 2024, Deionte Grice approached the woman, who had just parked her 2020 Kia Optima in the 5300 block of Devonshire Avenue in St. Louis. Grice pointed a gun at her, demanded her belongings and took her car, phone and purse. Grice later struck a curb as he drove into Forest Park, disabling the vehicle. He abandoned it and got on a MetroBus.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers stopped the bus and found Grice with the stolen purse and two handguns…