Robeson County man facing multiple charges in incident with DSS employee

Robeson County Sheriff's deputies arrested and charged Logan McMillian, 19, with assault on a government employee, assault on a female, assault on a child under 12 and battery of unborn child. He was placed in the Robeson County Detention Center under a $10,000 secured bond for all charges except assault on a female. While in court Wednesday, he was given 12 additional charges related to the incident and was given additional bonds totaling $100,000 and $25,000 cash for the offenses.

Officials said at around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault on an employee of the Robeson County DSS that stemmed from an earlier domestic violence report. Deputies and investigators responded to the intersection of McGirt Road and Delbert Road to find two vehicles involved in a collision. Investigators soon learned McMillian intentionally struck the vehicle of the DSS employee with his vehicle from behind, incapacitating the employee’s vehicle.

Deputies also said the DSS employee was transporting McMillian’s ten-month old child and the child’s mother to safety as a result of domestic violence by McMillian against the mother earlier that day. After crashing into the other vehicle, McMillian got out of his vehicle, grabbed a tire iron, and began repeatedly beating the front windshield on the passenger’s side, where the mother was sitting. During this, McMillian verbally threatened both the employee and mother. The employee, mother, and child were transported to Scotland Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

Investigators said McMillian fled the scene before law enforcement arrived. They searched for McMillian for hours around the Delbert Road area but were unable to locate him. Later that night, McMillian surrendered himself to deputies at his residence on Chavis Road in Red Springs.

District Attorney Matt Scott stated, “Domestic violence is especially heinous and rips at the fabric of the family bonds," District Attorney Matt Scott said. "During this pandemic and shelter in place orders, we are aware that some homes are not shelters but places of horror. Because of this I want to be clear, we have not and will not tolerate domestic violence in our county. We will not tolerate violence against any citizen but especially cases involving domestic violence and violence against county employees who are simply trying to do their job.”

“Our officers experience this every day," Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said. "They expect resistance in performing their duties. In some cases, that resistance becomes physical violence against officers. This is what we deal with every day. But, an employee of DSS should not have to experience this type of violence, let alone even expect it.”

McMillian’s next court date is set for June 25, 2020 in district court.