2 convicted in '07 armed robbery

Solicitor's office says pair were among 5 who took $1,000 from store, money from workers

By Nadine Parks

The Post and Courier

Saturday, February 28, 2009

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A Charleston County jury on Thursday convicted two men for their role in a 2007 robbery at Urban Gear on Dorchester Road in North Charleston.

Darrell Lee Goss and Joy Mack, both 23 and both of North Charleston, were found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping and assault and battery with intent to kill, the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office said.

Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson, of Anderson, sentenced Goss to 20 years in prison and Mack to 22.

On June 14, 2007, five men entered the clothing store around 7:30 p.m. with guns, including an AK-47 rifle, according to the solicitor's office.

Goss and Mack took approximately $1,000, robbed the employees of their wallets and stole items from the store, the office said.

Two victims were beaten with guns and tied up at the back of the store, Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said, adding that the wounds were not life-threatening.

Assistant Solicitor Trip Lawton, who prosecuted the case, credited the work of crime-scene officers with the North Charleston Police Department.

They discovered Goss' fresh fingerprints on the door and one victim's DNA on a gun, Lawton said.

Three other suspects in the robbery were never identified.