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Dejywan Floyd is the suspect accused of gunning down Julie Eberly, a Pennsylvania mother of six who was killed on her way to a beach vacation with her husband in a random road rage incident in Lumberton, North Carolina, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Department.

“The murder occurred on Thursday March 25, 2021 around 11:40 a.m. on I95 South, Lumberton NC near Exit 22,” the Robeson County Sheriff’s Department wrote in a news release.

Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said in a release, “This was an innocent family from Pennsylvania headed to the beach for a vacation. Thankfully they had left their six children at home with grandparents but now these kids have to live with the thought of their mother being murdered in such a cowardly and senseless way.”

Here’s what you need to know:

According to a news release from the Sheriff’s Department, on Thursday, April 01, 2021 at approximately 12:38 a.m., Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, NC “was arrested in Parkview Apartments in Lumberton, NC.”

Floyd is charged with first Degree Murder and Discharging a Weapon into an Occupied Property. The charges are in relation to the death of Julie Eberly, 47, of Manheim, Pennsylvania, the department confirmed.

Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said: “The arrest of Floyd is the direct result of law enforcement agencies and the community working together. The surveillance footage provided to investigators by dozens of cooperating businesses and residents were critical elements in the tracking of Floyd’s path in Cumberland County prior to the shooting and throughout Lumberton and beyond after the shooting. Regardless of the circumstances, no one deserved to be murdered while traveling our nation’s highways. I am proud of the investigative work put forth by the law enforcement agencies that came together as one to bring this case to a successful conclusion.”

The Sheriff’s Department gave this account of what happened to Eberly in its latest release:

On Thursday March 25, 2021 at approximately 11:40 am, officers were dispatched to a subject shot near Exit 22 on I95 north of Lumberton.

Lumberton Police Department, Robeson County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina State Highway Patrol and Robeson County EMS arrived to find Julie Eberly suffering from a gunshot wound. Julie Eberly was shot through the passenger door as she and her husband, Ryan Eberly were traveling on I95 South. Ryan Eberly was not injured. Immediate medical assistance was rendered until being transported to UNC Southeastern where she later died.

The investigation revealed a road rage encounter unknowingly developed after the victim’s GMC Yukon came close to the suspect’s Chevrolet Malibu during a merge into a lane. The suspect then pulled to the victim’s passenger side, rolled down his window and fired multiple shots into the passenger door. Witnesses stated that the suspect then drove off and exited at Exit 22. The victim’s vehicle then pulled over on I95 and waited for medical assistance.

Floyd is no stranger to the criminal justice system.

According to WGAL, he was first accused at age 17 of stealing a car in 2009.

He was released from prison in 2016 after being accused of firing a gun as a felon into a home, the television station reported. He also has past charges for “simple assault, breaking and entering, larceny and stealing a gun,” according to WGAL.

According to ABC 11, her husband told the television station “he changed lanes and accidentally forced another driver off the road.”

“I saw in my mirror that he was passing us to the right and gunshots were fired, our car was hit. My wife yelled my name. I asked if she was hit and she said ‘yes,'” Ryan Eberly recalled to the television station.

Floyd didn’t show any emotion when arrested.


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Floyd Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison

A South Carolina man who forcibly stole a woman’s car and then fled from police has received a nearly four year prison sentence.

On the evening of June 22, 2020, police say Verdell Floyd carjacked a woman in a gas station near Shirlington. According to police, Floyd approached the woman while she was pumping gas “and demanded the vehicle.”

Floyd, then 19, drove into Fairfax County before driving back into Arlington and fleeing from police at a high rate of speed. He later abandoned the car and was arrested after a K-9 search, according to Arlington County police.

The Columbia, South Carolina resident pleaded guilty to felony charges of carjacking and eluding police in January. Last week, he was sentenced in Arlington Circuit Court.

“The court sentenced Mr. Floyd received a sentence at the mid-point of his sentencing guidelines, which requires that he serve an active sentence of 3 years and 8 months to serve,” Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti told ARLnow, in response to inquiries about the case. “The exact sentence was 15 years, with all but 3 years and 6 months suspended on the carjacking charge, and on the eluding charge, 12 months with 10 months suspended. He will be required to engage in supervised probation for 5 years upon release.”


https://www.arlnow.com/2021/03/31/convicted-carjacker-sentenced-to-nearly-four-years-in-prison/
 
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