Man who escaped from police arrested in Hardeeville

A man who escaped from police custody this summer was arrested by Hardeeville police and released to Jasper County deputies Aug. 4, the sheriff’s office said. 

Tyrek Davion Frazier, 21, was served with Jasper County arrest warrants for attempted murder and escape, police said. Hardeeville police charged him with felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful carrying of a pistol, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of marijuana. 

Frazier appeared before a Jasper County magistrate and received a $250,000 bond. He was arrested after officers found a gray Chevy Malibu that had been reported stolen from Hinesville, Georgia, the sheriff’s office said. 

Hardeeville police conducted a traffic stop on Independence Boulevard and saw Frazier was a passenger in the car. Frazier gave the officers a false name, but they were able to identify him from a South Carolina identification card in the vehicle, police said. 

Frazier was initially arrested on two counts of attempted murder after a June 17 incident at a Ridgeland gas station, police said at the time. Zasha Orr, 21, of Ridgeland, was charged with accessory and two counts of first-degree assault. 

"A male victim and another female were in a gas station parking lot when Frazer and Orr pulled into the same station and got into some kind of verbal altercation with the victims," chief deputy Jeff Crosby said. "The victims then left the gas station and were followed by Orr, who had been driving, and Frazier was the passenger." 

Crosby said Orr followed the victims and started to ram into their vehicle when it got to Snake Road. He said Orr pulled up beside the car and Frazier fired about five shots into it, with one bullet striking the male victim in the left shoulder. 

Crosby said Frazer and Orr sped away, and the victim was transported to Beaufort Memorial Hospital and later released. He said the victim identified Frazier as the shooter. 

"Deputies later made a traffic stop on a vehicle on Bees Creek Road and both Frazier and Orr were in the vehicle, arrested and transported to the Criminal Investigations Division," he said. "A handgun was located during the investigation." 

Crosby said after interviews were completed, deputies were preparing to transport Frazier to the Jasper County Detention Center when he broke loose from his handcuffs. He said Frazier ran from the parking lot toward Great Swamp, across S.C. 336 and then back toward Ridgeland. 

The sheriff's office initially searched the area of Carters Mill Road and Tillman Road. Police later sent an alert stating they had suspended the search because they believed Frazier had gotten a ride away from the area.