Demetrius Smith, Armed Robbery, Missouri 2018

Armed Robber Strikes Five Locations in St. Louis County

A string of armed robberies that terrorized St. Louis County in November 2018 has come to an end with the guilty plea of Demetrius Smith, 35, to four counts of armed robbery and one attempted robbery. According to court documents, Smith used his cell phone to call stores before robbing them, targeting locations with a single employee present.

The investigation revealed that Smith would call the targeted stores to check if a manager was present, and then he would wait for a moment when there were no customers and only a single employee in the store before robbing it. If a customer came in during the robbery, he would abandon the robbery and flee.

The victims of Smith’s crimes include a T-Mobile store in Creve Coeur, Missouri, on November 15, 2018; a MetroPCS store in Bridgeton, Missouri, on November 21, 2018; Bucky’s Express in Overland, Missouri, and QuikTrip in Maryland Heights, Missouri, on November 24, 2018; and a 7-Eleven store in St. Louis County, which he attempted to rob on November 24, 2018.

On November 26, 2018, police from the Overland Police Department located Smith at his apartment as they were investigating the robbery of the Bucky’s Express. Police searched the car that Smith rented and which he used during the robberies and found a duffel bag used in the second robbery, gloves worn in the second, third, fourth, and fifth robberies, and a firearm, which Smith admitted to possessing.

Smith pleaded guilty to the charges in exchange for a 22-year prison sentence, which will be determined at a hearing scheduled for October 25, 2022. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Overland Police Department; the Bridgeton Police Department; the Creve Coeur Police Department; the Maryland Heights Police Department; and the St. Louis County Police Department.

Demetrius Smith, 35, Real full name: Demetrius Smith Exact criminal charges: Armed Robbery City and state: St. Louis, Missouri Exact date: November 2018 Sentence or outcome: 22 years in federal prison

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