HANAHAN, S.C. – A man who fled from police following a carjacking is behind bars, according to the Hanahan Police Department. Daquan Javor Crummey is charged with carjacking, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and kidnapping.
Around 2:30 p.m., an officer with the Hanahan Police Department was patrolling Otranto/Eagle Landing when he saw a suspicious vehicle.
When he tried to stop the vehicle, police said the driver fled. The vehicle was found moments later on Monte Sano Blvd. The driver eventually fled on foot from the vehicle, police said.
It was determined the vehicle had just been stolen during a carjacking and a firearm was involved.
Additional officers quickly responded to begin searching for the suspect; a K-9 unit with the Hanahan Police Department and K-9 units from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
During the course of the search, the suspect was located and taken into custody. The firearm used during the incident was also recovered, police said.
The suspect has been identified as Daquan Javor Crummey of North Charleston and he will be booked in the Berkeley County Detention Center to await a bond hearing.
“We consider this to be an isolated incident and I want to assure everyone who resides in Eagle Landing and Otranto, you live in a very safe place,” Dennis Turner, Hanahan police chief, said.
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