On 11/9/20, a federal judge sentenced 44-year-old Michael A. Gladney to 112 months; or nine years in prison. On 3/19/18, at approximately 12:40 p.m. Gladney and three other men entered a� jewelry store and ordered employees to the back of the business at gunpoint.
One of the subject’s shot the store’s glass display case and another used a pipe to smash the glass. The other subjects took various items. During the robbery, one of the subjects shot himself and left a blood trail when he left the store.� Investigators in St. Louis County, MO ran a sample of the blood in their crime lab database. Michael A. Gladney was a match to the blood.