Arthur Pressley, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Missouri 2021

St. Louis Rapper Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge

ST. LOUIS – Arthur Pressley, a.k.a. 30 Deep Grimeyy or Grimeyy, a St. Louis rapper, pleaded guilty Tuesday in the middle of his jury trial to a felony charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to investigators, Pressley, 25, of St. Louis, was a convicted felon when he and others were stopped by St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers on January 5, 2021 in a 2008 Pontiac G8. The Pontiac had a taillight out and had license plates registered to a Jeep.

Police found a Beretta 92FS 9mm pistol between Pressley and a fellow occupant of the car. Pressley admitted as part of his plea agreement possessing the gun a number of times between October 4, 2020, the day after it was purchased, and the date of the traffic stop.

Prosecutors will argue at Pressley’s sentencing that after the traffic stop, he began sending text messages to the original purchaser of the gun. Pressley asked that man to falsify a bill of sale to one of the other occupants of the Pontiac.

Pressley, as a convicted felon, is barred from possessing firearms. He was twice convicted of a charge of unlawful use of a weapon.

The gun charge carries a potential penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

Pressley, 25, of St. Louis, is scheduled to be sentenced on February 1.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cassandra Wiemken and Jennifer Szczucinski are prosecuting the case.

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