Metro-east teen faces charges of aiding carjacking of St. Louis sheriff’s deputy

A teenager from East St. Louis was arrested Wednesday on charges that accuse him of a role in the carjacking of a uniformed St. Louis sheriff’s deputy in November, a federal prosecutor said.

Montez L. Montgomery, 18, was indicted Nov. 16 on one count of carjacking and one count of possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime on Nov. 1, according to online court records and a news release Wednesday from U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming of the Eastern District of Missouri.

The indictment alleges Montgomery aided and abetted others in the carjacking of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruz and possessed the firearm used in the carjacking, according to the news release.

A detention motion says Montgomery provided the gun to two juveniles “for the express purposes of completing a carjacking in St. Louis.” It also says Montgomery discarded the deputy’s personal items, hid the carjacked vehicle and was later caught in it, with the gun used in the crime, the news release stated.

Federal court records do not list an attorney for Montgomery.

If convicted, Montgomery faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years on the carjacking charge and the firearm charge carries a penalty of seven years to life in prison consecutive to any other charge, the release said.

The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

This story was originally published January 18, 2023 at 4:55 PM.