Posted on: July 21, 2026 07:30 AM

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Persistent violent felony offender sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for armed gas station robbery

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Marion Maupin, 33, of Ridge, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of Robbery in the First Degree and other related charges, for robbing a Yaphank gas station at gunpoint.

“New York’s parole system is broken. This defendant, with two prior weapons convictions, was not deterred by parole from arming himself and robbing a gas station at gunpoint,” said District Attorney Tierney. “The people of Suffolk County deserve to be protected from repeat violent offenders such as this defendant, who was unfortunately on parole at the time of this crime instead of remaining in prison to complete his sentence.”

According to the evidence established at trial, on January 24, 2025, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Maupin and his accomplice, Raiquan Davis, 28, of Coram, entered a Shell gas station in Yaphank. Both men were wearing hoodies and masks. While in the gas station, Davis acted as the lookout by the door, while Maupin pointed a loaded firearm at the clerk’s head, demanded money, and stole cash from the register. Maupin and Davis then fled the gas station in a white Cadillac.

Officers from the Suffolk County Police Department Fifth Precinct observed the white Cadillac in Bellport and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Instead of stopping, Maupin and Davis led police on a pursuit lasting approximately 15 minutes, at points driving more than 100 mph.

During the pursuit and while the car was still in motion, officers observed Maupin and Davis abandon the Cadillac and observed a firearm being thrown into a neighboring yard before the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole in front of a home daycare. Maupin and Davis attempted to flee on foot but were ultimately arrested in the rear yard of that daycare. The firearm was recovered by law enforcement and was later determined to be loaded and operable.

On April 28, 2026, Maupin was convicted of the following charges after a jury trial heard before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei:

Robbery in the First Degree, a Class B violent felony;

Robbery in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony;

Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, a Class C violent felony; and

Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.

In 2013, Maupin was sentenced to three years in prison after he was convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. In 2019, Maupin was again convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released to parole on January 23, 2023.

On July 15, 2026, as a result of the current felony, Maupin was deemed a persistent violent felony offender and was sentenced by Justice Mazzei to 20 years to life in prison. Maupin was represented by Keith O’Halloran, Esq.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Amanda B. Scheier and Kieran R. Rogers of the Major Crime Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by the Suffolk County Police Department’s Sixth Squad.

Further investigative assistance was provided by Lisa Lombardo and Mike Morena of the District Attorney’s Tech Services Unit and Detective Investigator John Warner.

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