11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard

West Columbia motorcycle gang member gets 25 years in prison, prosecutors say he brought “large amounts” of meth into Lexington County

Steven Daniel Brown, 50, known as “Steve-O” and a validated member of a motorcycle gang, was convicted of trafficking 400 grams or more of methamphetamine by a Lexington County jury last week. He was sentenced to 25 years in the SC Department of Corrections on Aug. 10, by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper, Jr. […]

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Man sentenced to 22 years for break-in involving gunfire and the taking of a toddler and fleeing from West Columbia home

Jeremy Gerome Junious, a 35-year-old Columbia man, pled guilty to Burglary First Degree last week in Lexington County and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper to 22 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Under South Carolina law, burglary first degree is categorized as a violent, most serious, and “no parole” […]

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Lexington County Man Sentenced to 23 Years on Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor

Christopher Michael Alexander, 32, of Gilbert, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor for sexual activity, to be followed by a lifetime of supervision and registration as a sex offender. According to evidence presented in Court, on May 19, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]

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Nicolle Sanchez-Peralta, 18, of West Columbia, convicted of Murder, Kidnapping in the shooting death of 15-year-old Sanaa Amenhotep

Nicolle Sanchez-Peralta, 18, of West Columbia, has been convicted by a Lexington County jury on charges of Murder and Kidnapping in the shooting death of Sanaa Amenhotep, age 15. The trial began on Monday, May 15th and concluded late yesterday afternoon when the jury returned guilty verdicts on both charges. Sanchez-Peralta will remain at the […]

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Man sentenced to 15 years in prison after drug delivery made to Lexington County Detention Center by U-Haul

Ricky Rogers McField, a 39-year-old Columbia man, pled guilty to trafficking cocaine, conspiracy, and furnishing contraband into the Lexington County Detention Center on March 27. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin accepted the guilty plea and sentenced McField to fifteen (15) years for trafficking cocaine, f5 years for conspiracy, and 10 years for furnishing contraband […]

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Lexington County Man Sentenced to 40 Years for 2020 Murder on Fish Hatchery Road

Christopher David Shumpert, a 22-year-old Lexington County man, was convicted yesterday by a Lexington County jury and sentenced to 40 years without parole for the murder of Barry Joe Chavis, Jr., which occurred on March 27, 2020, at 3630 Fish Hatchery Road in the Gaston area of Lexington County. Shumpert was also sentenced to 20 […]

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Sex offender sentenced to 74 years for Lexington County rape of a 74-year-old

The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced a 74-year sentence for a sex offender in connection to a Lexington County Home Invasion and Rape. Tamar J. Nance, age 32, was sentenced to 74 years following his conviction for the home invasion and rape of a 74-year- old resident of a Harbison area apartment complex which occurred […]

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Lexington County triple-murder results in life sentences for 2 Columbia men

Jeremy S. Cornish, age 41, of Columbia, and Justin Tyler Hopkins, age 24, of Columbia, have each been sentenced to Life in prison for the murders of three me. The murders occurred during a home invasion in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County in 2019. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick […]

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