Month: July 2022
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Tyron Demarcus Napleon Wise (age 30), of Lexington, S.C., Drew Carson Alexander (30), of Cayce, S.C., and Hatwell Tyler Keenum (age 36), of Batesburg, S.C., on 11 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the […]
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The Lexington County Coroner’s Office is asking for your help in locating the family of Mr. Thomas Edward McNamara; He was born April 10, 1960. According to Coroner Margaret Fisher, Mr. McNamara died in Lexington County on July 6, at his residence on Augusta Road in West Columbia. The Lexington County Coroner’s Office has used […]
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More charges have been filed against a Lexington woman already accused of hurting a child while employed at a daycare. Shayna Nicole McKnight, 36, is charged with three counts of cruelty to children and two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to arrest warrants. More abuse cases associated with Windsor Academy came to […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was fatally shot in the 400 block of Ermine Road in West Columbia, shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported the shooting took place at a business. According to Fisher, Mr. Philip Calvin Jackson, 45, of Lexington was pronounced dead on […]
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There is a poster in the window of Olde Country Buffet that says the restaurant will be open Thursday at 4 p.m. It was open at 4 p.m. Wednesday, too. Olde Country Buffet is in Westland Square, 2250 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia.
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New businesses are opening in West Columbia and the Meeting Street Artisan Market will soon operate under new hours. The City of West Columbia’s Meeting Street Artisan Market hours will change beginning Aug. 6. The new hours will change to 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The hours on July 30 are from 9:30 a.m. until […]
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(From US DOJ) – A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a 15-count indictment against Deveon Antonio Belk, 35, of Lexington, charging felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, seven counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and seven counts of brandishing a firearm in connection with a crime of violence. The indictment alleges that between […]
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The West Columbia Police Department arrested Tyrin Mondre Davis, Tuesday, as the result of a search warrant. Mr. Davis has recently been involved in multiple investigations involving shootings in the areas surrounding Monticello Street, according to the West Columbia Police Department. He is currently charged with Discharging a Firearm into an Occupied Vehicle, Possession of […]
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