St. Louis County Felon Caught with Stolen Gun and Vehicle Sentenced to Prison

ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a felon caught in a stolen car with a stolen gun to 102 months in prison.

Deonte Alfred, 26, of Berkeley, Missouri, pleaded guilty in August to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He admitted as part of his plea agreement that on Jan. 6, 2021, he fled from St. Louis County Police in a stolen vehicle. Police were conducting surveillance in a place that Alfred was known to park and sell stolen vehicles, according to a separate court filing.

Alfred jumped out of the driver’s seat while the vehicle was still in motion, endangering others, and then discarded a loaded, stolen .40-caliber Glock handgun with an extended magazine as he fled on foot, his plea agreement says. Officers arrested Alfred after he scaled several fences, when he lost his footing on the bank of a creek. Alfred admitted to police after his arrest that he sold stolen vehicles and knew that the vehicle he was driving was stolen.

The St. Louis County Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Dunkel prosecuted the case.