Sedean McCoy was arrested in North Carolina after escaping police.
Sedean A. McCoy (Somerset County Prosecutor's Office)NORTH PLAINFIELD -- A Plainfield man accused in a shooting and carjacking in the parking lot of a Quick Chek last month voluntarily waived extradition from North Carolina and has been returned to New Jersey.
Sedean A. McCoy, 30, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal's Violent Fugitive Task Force without incident at a residence in Henderson, North Carolina on July 8.
He was returned to Somerset County on Thursday, acting Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said Friday.
On June 24, a 44-year-old man told police he was attacked by an armed man while getting into his car and a struggle ensued that led to a shot being fired, authorities said. The victim was shot in the thigh and McCoy sped off, authorities said.
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McCoy was seen by police six days later driving in Plainfield and when they tried to stop him, a high-speed chase ensued, authorities said. He led police through several towns in Union and Middlesex counties before escaping, authorities said. It was not disclosed how authorities tracked him to North Carolina.
McCoy, who is currently being held in Somerset County Jail on $250,000 bail, is charged with first-degree carjacking, second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, second-degree possession of a handgun without a permit to carry and third-degree aggravated assault.
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