St. Louis, MO – Robert W. Rives, 37, of New Baden, IL,
pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of using a firearm
during a crime of violence. Rives
appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel who accepted his
plea and set his sentencing date for October 25, 2019.
According to the plea agreement, on October 3, 2018 in the
City of St. Louis, Rives was a passenger in a Chevy Impala vehicle which had
immediately turned in front of a Mitsubishi vehicle and stopped. Rives exited the passenger side and approached
the driver of the Mitsubishi vehicle who was driving for UBER Eats making a
delivery. He produced a firearm and
demanded the driver to give him his vehicle.
The victim complied and Rives then entered the victim’s Mitsubishi and
drove off following the Impala. Numerous
items in the stolen car included a Rock River AR-15 rifle and two handguns.
Later that day, Rives was arrested in the same type of
vehicle he had stolen and officers recovered the AR-15 rifle and handguns.
Carjacking carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison
and a fine of $250,000; and the use of a firearm during a crime of violence
carries a minimum penalty of five years and a fine of $250,000.
The Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department and Federal
Bureau of Investigation are investigating this
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