Ridge woman gets 20 years to life for Yaphank gas station robbery

Marion Maupin, 33, of Ridge, was sentenced to 20 years to life after a jury found Maupin guilty of holding up a Yaphank gas station at gunpoint and leading Suffolk County police on a chase that topped 100 mph. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced the sentence on July 15, 2026, following Maupin’s April 28, 2026, convictions.

The robbery happened around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, at the Shell station in Yaphank, when Maupin and accomplice Raiquan Davis entered wearing hoodies and masks. Davis acted as a lookout while Maupin pointed a loaded firearm at the clerk’s head and took cash from the register.

The pair fled in a white Cadillac and were spotted by Suffolk County Police Department Fifth Precinct officers in Bellport. The chase lasted about 15 minutes and ended when the Cadillac smashed into a telephone pole in front of a home daycare. Maupin and Davis then tried to run on foot, but officers arrested them in the rear yard of the daycare. Police recovered the gun and later determined it was loaded and operable.

Maupin was convicted of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree. Maupin was a persistent violent felony offender with two prior felony weapons convictions, including a 2013 case that ended with a three-year prison sentence for attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Maupin had faced up to 25 years to life at sentencing because of the prior record. Davis later pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and received a five-year prison sentence, followed by five years of post-release supervision.