Man charged in fatal North Charleston shooting was recently paroled
Derringer Lamont Young
A man charged with a fatal shooting at a North Charleston club on Thanksgiving morning had been released through the state's parole system only a week earlier, records show.
Derringer Lamont Young, 22, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge shortly after gunfire in the parking lot of Club 843 near Dorchester and Cross County roads killed one man and critically wounded another, North Charleston police said. The Charleston County Coroner's Office has identified the man who died at the scene as 29-year-old Maurice Maxwell of North Charleston. Maxwell's family could not be reached on Friday.
Police have not released the wounded man's name.
A State Law Enforcement Division criminal background check shows Young had been arrested in May 2004 on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill, armed robbery with a deadly weapon and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
He was accused of shooting a man in the abdomen, then robbing him, on a downtown Charleston street, according to a newspaper brief about the incident.
A little more than a year later, the courts sentenced Young on reduced charges of common-law robbery and strong-arm robbery under the state's Youthful Offender Act. The youthful offender program allows 17- to 25-year-olds to serve three- to six-month terms, though they can be sent back to jail for up to six years if they don't abide by conditions of their release.
That happened to Young in December 2006, when the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services arrested him on a parole violation, SLED records show. The Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Web site shows that Young was released most recently on Nov. 15 — exactly a week before the club shooting.
A magistrate did not set bail on Young's murder charge Friday, something that a circuit judge must do for any charges carrying a possible life sentence.
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beespencer (anonymous) says...
He was out of jail on 3 felonies in 2 years??? That is no comfort for the Maxwell family at all. Why would the courts reduce the sentence???
November 24, 2007 at 1:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
skeeter (anonymous) says...
Unbelieveable and unacceptable! Heads need to roll! Youthful offender my ass!
November 24, 2007 at 5:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
USC_Alumni (anonymous) says...
Why can't dangerous criminals stay behind bars?
November 24, 2007 at 6:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gencon1 (anonymous) says...
End the war on drugs and you would free up over half the space in the jails. Most crime is a result of illegal drug activity.
When is the last time you saw two grocers shoot each other over their beer turf, or drive by liquer store shootings?
Legalize drugs, end the violence, end the flow of billions of cash dollars that go to the drug lords.
November 24, 2007 at 8:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mad_momma (anonymous) says...
what idiots.
November 24, 2007 at 8:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Isn't anyone gonna blame this guys waywardness on the governments failure to make him pray in school? That's the answer you know.
Prohibition of alcohol created crime industries...now prohibition of drugs has created crime industries, but for some reason people think it's not the same thing...what is it they say about doing the same thing again and expecting a different result?
November 24, 2007 at 9:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
MHA (anonymous) says...
I'm not sure what's more surprising and disheartening... the fact that, once again, the judicial system failed the public and cost another human life, or the stupidity of some of the comments on this article. I've never met anyone that does drugs that has their life together. Legalizing them is just a stupid idea.
November 24, 2007 at 9:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
gladiator (anonymous) says...
gencon1 & JohnQ, you are both idiots. Good Logic, "we should legalize drugs and tax them". Hey I have an idea, lets legalize murder and tax it that way we don't have to pay for these people to be in jail.
Also has anyone thought about checking into this innocent victim's background, you might get a surprise.
November 24, 2007 at 9:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
GOP10 (anonymous) says...
Just another lovely morning in North Charleston.
November 24, 2007 at 9:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Hey mha...you never met someone who drinks occasionally or smokes a joint once in a while who acts responsibly? I've been known to take a puff once in a while and did some coke and lsd in my youth. I have a degree in chemical engineering and work from home as a computer programmer. Thomas Ravenel seemed to have his act pretty together, although after finding out that he "GASP!" had once used cocaine the forces that be tossed him out. It was like they found out he was a child rapist. I can point out quite a few people who have used drugs and become successful. Saying that anyone who uses drugs can't have their act together is like saying that anyone who drinks is a bum, all blacks eat fried chicken and watermelon, and if we only made Derringer pray in school he wouldn't have shot these guys.
November 24, 2007 at 9:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
linglej2001 (anonymous) says...
Hang him and put a sign on him of the crime. He tried to kill and rob someone. Then killed someone. Best place ashlyphosphate. Get the message across.
November 24, 2007 at 9:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dianed43 (anonymous) says...
this just sickens me. people are given a stiffer sentnece for burglery. how do you allow someone to serve as a youthful offender when he already tried to take a life. parole.....oh yeh thats the way they control prison overcrowding. my prayers to the family of this victim.
November 24, 2007 at 10:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dog (anonymous) says...
WHAT JUDGE GAVE THIS SCUM A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR SHOOTING AND ROBBING ANOTHER PERSON 3 YRS AGO?!!!!! PLEASE P&C, FIND OUT WHO IT WAS. WE NEED TO GET RID OF JUDGES LIKE THAT!!!
November 24, 2007 at 10:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
poorboy (anonymous) says...
Shot someone in the stomach and robbed him and he was out of jail? He probably wasn't trying to kill the first man he shot,just wound him so he could rob him. I could see how the judge and the courts sentenced Young on reduced charges of common-law robbery and strong-arm robbery under the state's Youthful Offender Act.
I would beg you go sit in a court room someday and look at what people do and how they get slapped on the wrist. Just in GC a woman was shoplifting,got caught and ran into a bathroom where she was attempting to pull out a loaded gun. The judge fined her for shoplifting $200 and then told her she could get her gun back at the clerk of courts window!? I kid you not.
November 24, 2007 at 11:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
beespencer (anonymous) says...
Sound like you have been to those parties yourself Mayor....did you like it?
November 24, 2007 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mac0cm4 (anonymous) says...
To those who think that ending the war on drugs would solve the problem - think again. Not only would those 'fine upstanding' citizens commit other crimes (as is typically what they get arrested for anyway), you open the Pandora's box of how to enforce or regulate the legalization of said drugs.
Go smoke another one if you think that'll solve the problems.
November 24, 2007 at 12:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
majorjohnson (anonymous) says...
Gee mac, if these creeps are gonna commit crimes regardless of the drug use, which is exactly what I think, what is the point of the drug law? What you're saying is that because this guy might have done it regardless of drug laws, other people who use drugs and are going to work and making a living and paying taxes should be thrown in jail even though it has nothing to do with real crime and only manages to clog the courts, making it harder to get this guy in front of a judge, and clogs the prison system, making it easier to push him out onto the streets sooner. That's some real good rational reasoning you have there. Are you gonna vote for Hillary because she'll make your taxes go down too?
November 24, 2007 at 12:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
keepitreal60 (anonymous) says...
dot scott don,t have to comment it is what it is.
November 24, 2007 at 10:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
keepitreal60 (anonymous) says...
if your want some real jail time dog fight they care more about dogs than they do people black are white
November 24, 2007 at 11:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
anon_cop (anonymous) says...
As usual the P&C continues to represent these criminals in the best light possible. Either that or they failed to the proper research. For the real info on crime in the Lowcounty, go to http://lowcountrycrime.wordpress.com/
November 24, 2007 at 11:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
anon_cop (anonymous) says...
Harpo,
I appreciate the visit to the blog, however, next time you copy and paste please indicate the source.
Thanks
November 25, 2007 at 11:37 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
Sad! 22 years old! Didn't a guy get three years in jail for throwing a puppy off a balcony? Our judicial system is a joke!
November 25, 2007 at 3:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
dianed43 (anonymous) says...
burton,
no kidding the judicial system is a joke. harpo knows my story. my son was charged with 2nd degree burglery. i know he did wrong. he admitted his guilt. that is not what this comment is about. he never hurt another human being physically. he was sentenced to 15 years, with 8 suspended. he had documented history of mental disorders and was given a 15 year sentence. a 19 year old. he was murdered in lieber after being housed with a 22 year old serving a 30 sentence for murder. he killed my son. yes the judical system is F^%&$# up. i am someone who has lived it. this sickens me.
November 25, 2007 at 5:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
dianed43,
I'm so sorry about your son. I remembered that happening. I'm currently in St. Louis. I was reading the paper here and there is a 14 year old in jail for sexual assault and battery on a 6 year old. He won't be elgible for parole until he is 64 years old! I understand what he did was horrific but then you see other cases where drug dealers and murders get light sentences or paroled. Sad!
November 25, 2007 at 6:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
afternoondelight (anonymous) says...
Close the revolving doors.
Elect S.C. judges.
November 25, 2007 at 9:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lillycollette (anonymous) says...
I hope that those who are smart enough to question some of the judges our legislature has unfairly saddled us with will be following the upcoming hearings on those who want Daniel Pieper's old seat on the 9th Circuit. If you see an idiot on the roster of judicial candidates, let the legislature know that they are -- "Unacceptable".
While we can't vote for judges -- yet -- there's nothing wrong with reminding the legislature that we still vote for them. We comprehend the value of an independent judiciary -- including one free of private legislative wheeling and dealing.
http://www.scstatehouse.net/html-page...
November 27, 2007 at 5:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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