3 men charged with carjacking DeKalb taxi drivers

By David Ibata

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Three men who carjacked eight taxi cab drivers in DeKalb County are to be arraigned next week on more than 30 charges, including armed robbery, aggravated assault and kidnapping, authorities said.

The suspects are to appear Tuesday before Chief Judge Mark Anthony Scott of DeKalb County Superior Court after a grand jury handed up criminal indictments against the trio.

Ladarrius Marquas Robinson, 20; Jermaine Devonte Cheeks, 19, and Tyre Gay, whose age was not available, also are charged with motor vehicle hijacking and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony in the attacks, which occurred between June 25 and July 2.

The men are being held in DeKalb County Jail. Jail records show Robinson lives in Conyers and was arrested July 6. Information on the other two suspects was not immediately available.

They were arrested following a spate of attacks in late June and early July on cab drivers in DeKalb and Clayton counties and the city of Atlanta. The DeKalb indictments stem specifically from offenses in that county.

In the attacks, the men allegedly brandished a handgun, robbed cab drivers of cash, wallets, cell phones and other goods, and took their vehicles. In some cases, drivers were pistol-whipped, according to the indictments.