ST. LOUIS — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.
ST. LOUIS – Two men have been sentenced to prison for two carjackings in St. Louis in 2024.
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced Davion Pruitt, 19, of St. Louis, to nine years in prison in prison. Tywone Calvin, 20, of Pine Lawn, was sentenced on April 27 to nine and one-half years in prison.
The pair stole a 2011 Cadillac Escalade at gunpoint on Dec. 23, 2024. Three days later, they carjacked a 2017 Chevrolet Trax.
The Escalade’s driver had met a woman, Mya Reagan, on Facebook. Pruitt and Calvin told Reagan to find someone to rob, and she arranged to meet with the victim on Dec. 23, 2024. Reagan had the victim stop at a gas station for cigars near South Broadway and Interstate 55. When the victim exited the store, he was confronted by two armed men, who stole his SUV. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers found the SUV later that day with three men who said they bought the vehicle from someone matching Reagan’s description.
On Dec. 26, 2024, at about 3:35 a.m., the second victim received an alert from his key fob about his Chevrolet Trax. He went outside to find two armed men by his SUV who demanded the keys and drove away. Later that day, St. Louis County Police Department officers spotted the stolen Trax with Pruitt and Calvin inside. Calvin crashed after letting Pruitt out, and then got out of the vehicle and ran, dropping a handgun. Pruitt was arrested by St. Louis police on Feb. 14, 2025. Officers found a 9mm handgun with a laser sight.
Calvin and Pruitt both pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Reagan pleaded guilty to the carjacking charge on April 10 and is scheduled to be sentenced in July.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the St. Louis County Police Department and the FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Torrie J. Schneider is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhood.
