ST. LOUIS – A teenager appeared in federal court on Monday and admitted to committing a pair of carjackings within a year of each other in St. Louis.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Missouri say Roman D. Davis, 19, pleaded guilty to committing two counts of carjacking, two counts of brandishing, and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a violent crime.

Davis told the court he stole a Mazda 3 at gunpoint in 2021 and, over a year later, stole a Mercedes SUV.

Prosecutors say on Nov. 7, 2021, Davis and two others were walking past an alleyway and spotted an older man unloading his 2006 Mazda 3. They decided to carjack the man.

Davis and another suspect, Montrell Jackson, 20, were armed. Davis used a stolen handgun to demand the victim’s keys. After obtaining the Mazda, they sped off down the alleyway in the stolen car.

It was only hours later that St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department cameras spotted the stolen Mazda. The St. Louis police and Hazelwood Police Department pursued the vehicle in a chase and Davis eventually crashed the Mazda.

Davis hid under a semitrailer near the crash but he was found and arrested.

After searching the stolen car, police found two handguns, one of which was Davis’s stolen firearm.

According to prosecutors, only four days later, Davis was back on the streets with others in a stolen BMW. They came across a 2017 Mercedes SUV parked outside a CVS on Watson Road in Webster Groves.

Using a dark red AR-style pistol, Davis confronted the owner of the Mercedes and pushed her to the ground. Davis and another suspect, Tristan T. Davis, 20, drove off in the SUV. They were arrested four days later.

Davis will be sentenced on November 7. Jackson and Tristan have both pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing charges.

Carjacking charges carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. Brandishing or using a firearm with the intent of injury or death carries a minimum of seven years consecutive with any other sentence.