Danaje Raymond Webster, Stealing a Firearm, Missouri 2024

Cape Girardeau Man Admits Stealing Pistol from Local Gun Store

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – A Cape Girardeau man has pleaded guilty to stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer in the county. Danaje Raymond Webster, 24, admitted to helping his co-defendant, Dayvion Jyraud Parker, steal a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol from a federally licensed firearm dealer in Cape Girardeau County.

According to court documents, Webster removed the pistol from a display and handed it to Parker, who initially hid the pistol under his jacket. Parker later handed the pistol to Webster, who hid it between Parker’s back and the back of Parker’s wheelchair.

After store employees noticed the missing pistol, they reviewed surveillance video that showed the theft. On June 25, law enforcement officers performing a court-approved search of a home in Cape Girardeau found Parker, who is a felon and is thus barred from possessing firearms, lying on a bed with two pistols between the bed frame and the wall.

Both pistols were equipped with auto sears, or “switches,” that rendered them fully automatic. Webster is scheduled to be sentenced on September 30. The theft charge carries a potential penalty of up to 5 years in prison.

Parker, who pleaded guilty in October of 2024 to five felonies, was sentenced in March to 70 months in prison. He was convicted of stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of possession of a machine gun.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Willis is prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

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