Ridge man convicted in armed Yaphank gas station robbery, police chase

A Ridge man was convicted in the armed robbery of a Yaphank gas station after prosecutors proved he pointed a loaded gun at a clerk’s head, then fled in a high-speed chase that put nearby homes and a daycare at risk.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced on April 29, 2026, that Marion Maupin, 33, was found guilty after a jury trial of first-degree robbery, second-degree robbery, two weapons charges and unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree. Tierney said Maupin had two prior felony convictions on his record and now faces up to 25 years to life at sentencing.

Prosecutors said Maupin and Raiquan Davis, 28, of Coram, walked into the Shell station at 482 Sills Road in Yaphank around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, both wearing hoodies and masks. Davis acted as a lookout while Maupin held a loaded firearm to the clerk’s head, demanded money and took cash from the register before the pair sped away in a white Cadillac.

Police spotted the car in Bellport and tried to stop it, but the driver led officers on a chase that lasted about 15 minutes and at times topped 100 mph. During the pursuit, officers saw the suspects throw a gun into a neighboring yard before the Cadillac slammed into a telephone pole in front of a home daycare. Maupin and Davis then ran on foot, but police arrested them in the rear yard of the daycare. The weapon recovered in the neighboring yard was later identified as the gun used in the robbery.

Davis later pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2026, to second-degree robbery before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei and was sentenced on April 7, 2026, to five years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. Maupin had been arraigned in January 2025 on robbery and firearm charges, and court records showed bail set at $100,000 cash, $200,000 bond or a $1 million partially secured surety bond.

The conviction closed a case that stretched from a morning hold-up in Yaphank to a reckless run through Bellport and Coram, with a loaded gun tossed near homes and a daycare before police made the arrests.