Sean Nicholas Ramsey, 34, of Festus has received two life prison sentences after a Jefferson County jury earlier this year found him guilty of assaulting a County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The deputy was trying to arrest Ramsey after an alleged robbery and carjacking in Crystal City, court documents said.
Jefferson County Div. 4 Circuit Judge Brenda Stacey sentenced Ramsey to life in prison for first-degree assault of a special victim. The life sentences will be served consecutively, court records show.
Ramsey also received two 15-year prison sentences for armed criminal action; two seven-year sentences for disarming a peace officer; a seven-year sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm; and one year in jail for resisting arrest, according to court documents.
Court records show one of the 15-year armed criminal action sentences will be served consecutively to one of the life sentences, and the other armed criminal action sentences will be served consecutively to both of the life sentences and the other armed criminal action sentence. One of the seven-year disarming a peace officer sentences will be served concurrently, or at the same time, with one of the life sentences, and the other disarming a peace officer sentence will be served concurrently with the unlawful possession of a firearm and one of the armed criminal action sentences, court documents said.
Court records also show the seven-year unlawful possession of a firearm sentence will be served consecutively to one of the life and one of the armed criminal action sentences, and Ramsey received credit for time served for the one-year in jail sentence for resisting arrest, which is a misdemeanor.
The jury found Ramsey guilty of the six felonies and one misdemeanor on Sept. 12. Jefferson County assistant prosecuting attorney Courtney Goodwin prosecuted the case.
Ramsey was arrested on Dec. 26, 2023, after a deputy located him at a home in the 1400 block of Harness Road in Festus. Prior to the deputy locating him, Ramsey allegedly stole a bong from the Crystal City Cannabis Dispensary, 100 N. Truman Blvd, and then he stole a car outside the store, according to the case’s probable-cause statement.
Ramsey allegedly pulled out what appeared to be a black handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the employee, saying, “Not a good idea, big man,” when he was confronted about stealing the bong. He then left the store, got into a 2008 Pontiac G6 and when a person inside the vehicle tried to prevent Ramsey from stealing it, he allegedly pressed a gun against the person’s ribs and took the car, report said.
After the alleged robbery and car theft, the Jefferson County deputy went to Ramsey’s home to investigate the incidents and encountered the suspect in the driveway and told him he was being detained for a felony offense, according to the report.
Ramsey refused to place his hands behind his back, and the situation escalated to a physical altercation, resulting in the two hitting each other, the report said.
During the altercation, Ramsey was able to get the deputy’s baton, and he allegedly struck the officer with the weapon. The deputy was able to get on top of Ramsey to gain control of him, but Ramsey grabbed the deputy’s department-issued pistol from its holster and fired one round, which went through the bottom of the holster and did not strike either man, the probable-cause statement said.
“The deputy was able to reholster the firearm and ultimately was able to place the defendant in handcuffs once additional deputies arrived on scene,” the report said.
The deputy’s right hand was broken, and he was hit under the left eye, causing a bruise, during the altercation, according to the report.
Ramsey had been released from prison just 12 days prior to the incidents.
Ramsey has six prior felony convictions for drug possession and burglary. On Dec. 14, 2023, he was released from the Missouri Department of Corrections after completing a 120-day substance abuse treatment program and was ordered to serve five years’ supervised probation for first-degree burglary and possession of a controlled substance, court documents said.
The burglary conviction stemmed from an incident on Sept. 16, 2021, when Ramsey, along with 36-year-old Wayne Roam of House Springs, attempted to burglarize a mobile home in the 400 block of Sequoia Drive off Meyer Road. The homeowner, who confronted the masked men and was maced, fatally shot Roam, according to previous news reports.
Ramsey originally was charged in that incident with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and third-degree assault, but as part of a plea agreement, the murder and assault charges were dismissed, court records show.
Ramsey’s probation was revoked in June 2024, and the judge executed his 10-year sentence for burglary. That sentence will run concurrently, or at the same time, with the sentence he receives in November, according to court documents.
Ramsey is currently being held at the Southeast Correction Center in Charleston.