A convicted felon from St. Louis admitted on July 20 to being caught three times with firearms following traffic stops.
Darrion Boyd-Barnes, 29, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The plea stems from incidents that occurred on September 22, 2022; April 16, 2025; and November 12, 2025. In the first incident, police stopped Boyd-Barnes for an expired temporary tag and discovered he had given a false name and had an active arrest warrant before finding a loaded Glock pistol.
On April 16, 2025, Boyd-Barnes was again found with a handgun after police pulled over the vehicle he was riding in for having an improper license plate and learned of his outstanding warrant. On November 12, officers stopped him after he ran three stop signs, but he fled to his girlfriend’s house in St. Louis County where multiple agencies responded. He refused several requests to leave before escaping; police later recovered 29 firearms from the home, including AR-style pistols and rifles, stolen pistols, and five handguns converted into fully automatic weapons.
Boyd-Barnes is scheduled for sentencing on November 4 and faces up to fifteen years in prison if convicted on all counts.
The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with prosecution by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul D’Agrosa.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), described as “the Department of Justice’s nationwide initiative that brings federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, and other public safety partners together to coordinate efforts to combat violent crime and make communities safe.” PSN emphasizes rapid federal response to violent crime offenders; strong partnerships among law enforcement at all levels; accountability through prosecution or other strategies. It also complements President Trump’s Homeland Security Task Forces for comprehensive public safety response.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri investigates federal crimes—including civil rights enforcement—and serves forty-nine counties using courthouses in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau under the United States Department of Justice structure, according to the official website.