Man wanted in St. Helena armed robbery arrested, charged in Beaufort gas station robbery
A man wanted in an armed robbery on St. Helena Island Tuesday afternoon faces additional charges after police arrested him after a gas station robbery in Beaufort.
Police say Ronnie Maynor, 41, of Orrum, North Carolina, held a clerk at gunpoint at a Shell food mart on Boundary Street in Beaufort before 1 p.m., according to a press release from the Beaufort Police Department. Maynor left empty-handed, the report said, because there were too many customers in the store.
Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, police were searching for a suspect who robbed the Family Dollar store on Sea Island Parkway on St. Helena Island, according to an alert from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office. Maynor was identified in a surveillance video, according to the press release. The vehicle in the video was stolen from Colleton County, the press release said, and Maynor was using the owner’s credit card.
No one was hurt in the robbery, and witnesses told police the robber was a male with a handgun, according to the alert.
Police found the vehicle at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of America’s Best Inn on Boundary Street.
Also found and arrested at the inn were a woman identified as Maynor’s girlfriend, Alisha Hunt, 41, of Lumberton, North Carolina; Dequam Youmans, 31, of Beaufort; and E’Nisha Robinson, 26, of St. Helena. Hunt and Maynor were wanted in an armed robbery in North Carolina. Youmans and Robinson were charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
Maynor was charged with armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and being a fugitive from justice, according to Beaufort Police Department spokesperson Capt. George Erdel.
This story was originally published July 13, 2021 at 3:50 PM.
