Travion Lindsey, 20, of St. Louis, is headed to federal prison for 108 months after being sentenced for the violent armed robbery of a 7-11 store on Christy Avenue. The heist, carried out with two accomplices in October 2017, involved weapons, stolen vehicles, and a brazen dash through the store’s aisles with guns drawn.
The robbery unfolded at 10:37 p.m. on October 18, 2017, when Lindsey, Jevante Phillips, and Ahmaad Ali stormed into the South St. Louis convenience store inside a Pontiac Aztek stolen the previous day at gunpoint. All three wore masks. All three carried firearms. And all three had one goal—take everything they could carry.
Inside the store, Phillips and Ali vaulted over the counter, yanking open cash drawers and stuffing lottery tickets and bills into bags. Lindsey held position at the door, playing lookout with a loaded weapon in hand. But he didn’t stay idle long—video evidence shows him joining the haul, grabbing cash before turning to looting liquor bottles, cigarettes, and candy on the way out.
The entire operation lasted just two minutes. Surveillance footage captured the chaos: employees frozen in fear, shelves rattled, register drawers flung open. The trio fled in the stolen Aztek, vanishing into the night with thousands in stolen goods. The FBI later tied the vehicle and the suspects through forensic and digital evidence.
Jevante Phillips pled guilty in September 2018 and was sentenced to 130 months in February 2019. Ahmaad Ali entered a guilty plea in February 2019 and awaits sentencing on May 8, 2019. Lindsey, refusing a deal, stood trial and was convicted on all counts, including use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with support from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Mehan prosecuted. U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White handed down the sentence, calling the crime ‘a calculated act of terror against a neighborhood business.’ Lindsey will serve his time in federal prison with no early release.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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