Mauldin Police arrest, charge nine people in a deadly I-385 traffic confrontation, crash
Seven men from Laurens County, one from North Carolina and another from New Jersey, have been arrested three years after two brothers died in an Interstate 385 crash.
According to Lauren Carter, a Mauldin City spokesperson, Mauldin Police charged nine people in connection with the early morning shooting on May 23, 2021 near Old Stage Road. Rashon Javarous Irby, 29, and Andrekus Davarous Irby, 31, both of Laurens, died after a confrontation with occupants of two other cars ended when their White Chevy Impala crashed into a barrier.
The brothers were ejected from the car. Both died at the scene at about 2:16 a.m.
The crime scene spanned more than a half mile, according to police with weapons, shell casings, bullet fragments, and other evidence filling the road.
Investigators treated this as a cold case, Mauldin PD investigation supervisor Lt. Kevin Cox, investigations supervisor said. Investigators used pictures, and videos to identify the men along with evidence found on the road.
Seven suspects were being held at the Greenville County Detention Center, and extradition was expected for the two out-of-staters.
Here are the men arrested and charged:
More: Two people killed in I-385 multi-vehicle car crash near Mauldin Sunday morning, gunshots reported
Joshua Montai Emmanuel McGowen, 26, of Transylvania, N.C.: Charged with discharging into vehicle, two counts of reckless homicide, leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily injury, two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with death, and conspiracy.
Ziquavious Keandre Covington, 26, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact and conspiracy.
Daniel Malik Cunningham, 25, Laurens: Charged with two counts of reckless homicide, accessory after the fact, conspiracy, leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily injury, and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with death.
Aziz-Muhammad Jeffery Judge, 28, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact and conspiracy.
Braylon Demarkques McBeth, 27, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact, two counts of reckless homicide, conspiracy, leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily injury, and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with death.
Marcus Antonio Dillard, 29, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact and conspiracy.
Jaquan Rashik Cain, 27, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact, two counts of reckless homicide, conspiracy, leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily injury, and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with death.
Malcolm Jamar Fuller, 28, Laurens: Charged with accessory after the fact and conspiracy.
Karl Everett Robinson II, 32, Blackwood, NJ: Leaving the scene of an accident with great bodily injury and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with death.
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Mauldin Police arrest nine men in deadly I-385 confrontation, crash
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Yahoo
Police sound alarm on dangerous 'jugging' robbery trend sweeping across America
As surveillance footage of an increasingly popular violent street crime has surfaced from South Carolina, police are warning Americans of the disturbing trend. The crime is known as "jugging," a type of robbery in which criminals surveil banks and ATMs, watching for victims who withdraw large sums of money. When those victims finish their transactions, the "juggers" will usually follow them to a secondary location, where they will rob the victims, often inside their vehicles. "Jugging rhymes with mugging, it's spread from Texas to South Carolina," Fox News Senior Correspondent Steve Harrigan said on "America Reports" on Friday. "Some police there weren't even sure what the word meant until the crime started happening in their own districts. Law enforcement warns that it could be over in a flash." Bronx Car Owner Dragged In Street During Carjacking Caught On Camera In the footage, captured on April 26, a man can be seen struggling inside the front passenger area of a red truck, before jumping out of that vehicle and into a silver SUV. The SUV then speeds off, and it is captured from different surveillance angles fleeing the parking lot. Cpl. Cecilio Reyes of the Mauldin, South Carolina, Police Department explained how the crime typically plays out. Read On The Fox News App "They are scoping, and they will watch you as you're either coming in or going out of the bank, or watch you do ATM withdrawals, seeing how much you're getting cash wise," Reyes said. Crew Of Armed Gunmen Rob Armored Truck Outside Of Chicago-area Bank In Broad Daylight Harrigan described a wave of jugging arrests in Texas, before the practice began spreading to North and South Carolina. "In one place in South Carolina, a landscaping business owner went in a bank unaware that he was being observed, took out his weekly payroll, stopped at a gas station for a soda, and two juggers – they usually work in teams – pulled up alongside his Chevy, broke through the window and made off with what his entire payroll was, $6,000." Harrigan also reported that the Texas legislature is working to make jugging a specific felony, with harsher penalties than simple article source: Police sound alarm on dangerous 'jugging' robbery trend sweeping across America
Fox News
11 hours ago
- Fox News
Police sound alarm on dangerous 'jugging' robbery trend sweeping across America
As surveillance footage of an increasingly popular violent street crime has surfaced from South Carolina, police are warning Americans of the disturbing trend. The crime is known as "jugging," a type of robbery in which criminals surveil banks and ATMs, watching for victims who withdraw large sums of money. When those victims finish their transactions, the "juggers" will usually follow them to a secondary location, where they will rob the victims, often inside their vehicles. "Jugging rhymes with mugging, it's spread from Texas to South Carolina," Fox News Senior Correspondent Steve Harrigan said on "America Reports" on Friday. "Some police there weren't even sure what the word meant until the crime started happening in their own districts. Law enforcement warns that it could be over in a flash." In the footage, captured on April 26, a man can be seen struggling inside the front passenger area of a red truck, before jumping out of that vehicle and into a silver SUV. The SUV then speeds off, and it is captured from different surveillance angles fleeing the parking lot. Cpl. Cecilio Reyes of the Mauldin, South Carolina, Police Department explained how the crime typically plays out. "They are scoping, and they will watch you as you're either coming in or going out of the bank, or watch you do ATM withdrawals, seeing how much you're getting cash wise," Reyes said. Harrigan described a wave of jugging arrests in Texas, before the practice began spreading to North and South Carolina. "In one place in South Carolina, a landscaping business owner went in a bank unaware that he was being observed, took out his weekly payroll, stopped at a gas station for a soda, and two juggers – they usually work in teams – pulled up alongside his Chevy, broke through the window and made off with what his entire payroll was, $6,000." Harrigan also reported that the Texas legislature is working to make jugging a specific felony, with harsher penalties than simple robbery.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man Abducted Woman and Killed Her — Then Turned the Gun on Himself
Nathan Orlando Cureton allegedly kidnapped 24-year-old Taylor Gennalee Maraj at gunpoint on Interstate 85 in South Carolina After shooting Maraj, Cureton continued driving before turning the gun on himself Authorities confirmed the kidnapping through video evidence and are still investigating the incident A South Carolina man kidnapped a woman on a highway and killed her before turning the gun on himself. Nathan Orlando Cureton, 38, allegedly shot and killed 24-year-old Taylor Gennalee Maraj before killing himself on May 24, according to Greenville News, WYFF News 4 and WSPA-TV, who cited the Mauldin Police Department. At approximately 11:40 a.m., authorities received a report of the kidnapping, Mauldin police previously said in a statement. When officers arrived, nobody was there, but police confirmed through video evidence that a male with a gun forced a woman into a blue Subaru Impreza. Police said that Cureton shot Maraj, who was trapped inside the Subaru Impreza, Greenville News reported, citing police. He then continued to drive before turning the gun and shooting himself. Both the suspect and victim were found by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office on Interstate 85 at approximately 12:30 p.m., the police statement said the victim was transported to a nearby hospital but did not survive. The Mauldin Police Department are still investigating the kidnapping and murder-sucide, they said in their statement. Authorities believe the two knew each other, but the exact nature of their relationship is still under investigation. Read the original article on People
