Two St. Louis men are being held without bond after police say they robbed three drivers at gunpoint over three days near the intersection of Thekla Avenue and Queens Avenue, stealing cars, cash, credit cards, and even a firearm from their victims. Doreeon Moss, 18, and Joshua Millett, 22, now each face 12 felony charges tied to the spree, including vehicle hijacking, first-degree robbery, and armed criminal action.
According to First Alert 4, the first robbery happened on August 15 in an alley near Thekla and Queens avenues, where two masked suspects approached a victim who had pulled in and made off with the victim's car, driver's license, cash and credit cards. Three days later, on August 18, two more robberies unfolded about an hour apart near the same intersection in the Mark Twain neighborhood, with the masked pair robbing two victims at gunpoint while they were stopped at a stop sign and driving off with their cars and cash.
Investigators say the suspects also stole one victim's gun during the string of robberies and, in another instance, demanded that a victim send $77 to an Apple Cash account. That detail proved pivotal: according to court documents cited by the station, the phone number linked to that Apple Cash account came back to Moss, and police later executed a search warrant tied to that number as part of the investigation.
Cellphone Data and a Foot Chase Break the Case
Cellphone GPS data tied to Millett also placed him at the scene of one of the robberies, according to court documents referenced in the report. Police say Moss and Millett matched all three victims' descriptions of the suspects, and that the pair used handguns during the robberies.
The case came together after officers spotted a stolen vehicle on August 19 and initiated a brief pursuit. Moss fled on foot and evaded law enforcement for a time before officers arrested him, the station reported.
Charges and What Missouri Law Says Comes Next
Moss faces three counts of vehicle hijacking, three counts of first-degree robbery, and six counts of armed criminal action. Millett faces the identical slate of charges: three counts of vehicle hijacking, three counts of first-degree robbery, and six counts of armed criminal action. Together, the two face 12 charges each.
Missouri's vehicle hijacking statute, § 570.027, treats the crime as a Class B felony punishable by 5 to 15 years in prison — but when committed with a deadly weapon, as alleged here, it escalates to a Class A felony carrying 10 to 30 years or life in prison. That statute only became a standalone Missouri crime in 2020, when then-Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 600 into law, according to KSDK; before that, carjackings were prosecuted under general robbery or stealing statutes.
The armed criminal action counts add their own weight. Under § 571.015, each count carries a mandatory minimum of three years in prison with no parole eligibility during that period, and state law requires those sentences to run consecutively — not concurrently — with whatever prison time results from the underlying felonies. Because first-degree robbery and Class A vehicle hijacking are both designated dangerous felonies under Missouri statute, any conviction would also require Moss and Millett to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before becoming eligible for parole.
A Neighborhood Caught Between Falling Crime and a Persistent Threat
The spree unfolded in Mark Twain, a residential and industrial north St. Louis neighborhood bounded by West Florissant Avenue, Interstate 70, and Emerson Avenue, according to the City of St. Louis. It's a corridor that illustrates a broader tension in the city's crime data: while St. Louis logged a 16% overall drop in crime and an 11-year low in homicides in 2025, city CompStat figures reported by the mayor's office showed carjackings rose 38% in early 2025 even as violent crime fell elsewhere.
A March 2026 analysis from the Show-Me Institute found that while most major crime categories in St. Louis have declined over the past two decades, motor vehicle thefts and homicides remain stubborn exceptions to that trend. That pattern helps explain why federal agencies including the ATF and FBI have partnered with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department this month on joint violent-crime enforcement operations in north St. Louis neighborhoods, including Mark Twain, according to a report from Fox2Now.
Because Moss is 18, he is being prosecuted directly in adult court. Missouri law under § 211.071 allows for certification hearings that transfer defendants as young as 14 into adult proceedings when they face Class A or B felonies, first-degree robbery, or other dangerous felonies involving deadly weapons — though as an adult, Moss would not require such a hearing. Both men remain held without bond as the case proceeds.
