PRESS RELEASE
May 6, 2014
Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested
SUBJECT:Demontrey Maurice Lacy, age 22, of 1212 National Cemetery Road, Lot 28, Florence, SC 29506 was arrested on May 5, 2014 and charged with Armed Robbery, While Armed or Allegedly Armed with a Deadly Weapon (S.C. Code Section 16-11-330(A)). See FCSO Booking Website for Additional Information.
SUBJECT: Thurman Ryshawn Epps, age 24, of 2227 Francis Marion Road, Florence, SC 29506 was arrested on May 5, 2014 and charged with Armed Robbery, While Armed or Allegedly Armed with a Deadly Weapon (S.C. Code Section 16-11-330(A)). See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.
NARRATIVE: Florence County Sheriff’s Deputies, with the assistance of officers with the Florence City Police Department arrested Demontrey Maurice Lacy and Thurmond Ryshawn Epps and charged them with Armed Robbery, While Armed or Allegedly Armed with a Deadly Weapon. According to Investigators, on May 5, 2014, at approximately 10:00 PM, FCSO deputies responded to a call of a possible armed robbery victim near 2221 Second Loop Road, Florence, SC. The victim indicated that he was struck in the head and knocked to the ground by two suspects who robbed him and threatened to shoot him before fleeing the scene in a white vehicle. A short time later a Florence City Police Officer spotted the vehicle near Franklin Drive in Florence and initiated a traffic stop. The suspects were later taken into custody and charged with the armed robbery.
Both suspects remain at the Florence County Detention Center pending a bond hearing.
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Captain Michael M. Nunn
General Counsel/P.I.O.
