CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (News First) – A convicted felon on Tuesday admitted stealing a pistol from a Cape Girardeau County gun store and being caught days later with two machine guns. 21-year-old Dayvion Jyraud Parker of Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty in federal court in Cape to five felonies: stealing a firearm from a licensed dealer, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of possession of a machine gun. Parker admitted that on June 17th of this year, he and another man stole a Sig Sauer 9-millimeter pistol from a federally licensed firearm dealer in Cape County. Parker first hid the pistol under his jacket before placing it between his back and the back of his wheelchair.
On June 25th, law enforcement performing a court-approved search of a home in Cape Girardeau found Parker lying on a bed with two pistols between the bed frame and the wall. Both pistols were equipped with auto sears or switches that rendered them fully automatic. Parker is a felon and is barred from possessing firearms. He was also wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant and was on probation in Illinois for aggravated discharge of a firearm. Parker will be sentenced on January 28th. Parker’s co-defendant, 23-year-old Danaje Raymond Webster, has not yet been arrested.
