ST. LOUIS — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - Missouri, Eastern), published as received.
ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Louis, Missouri on Thursday admitted trying to rob a St. Louis supermarket at gunpoint in 2019.
Michael Chambers, 54, pleaded guilty by Zoom in front of U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel to one felony count of attempted robbery. He admitted approaching a store clerk at the Fields Foods on Lafayette Avenue in St. Louis on Nov. 23, 2019, brandishing a firearm and demanding the money in the cash register. The clerk refused and Chambers left the store. The attempted robbery was captured by the store surveillance cameras.
Chambers is scheduled to be sentenced March 22. Prosecutors and Chambers’ lawyer have agreed to recommend a sentence of 10 years in prison.
The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Christian Goeke is prosecuting the case.
