11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard
From the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office – Christopher J. Brisbon, a 31 year old Columbia man, has been sentenced to forty (45) years in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Murder, Burglary – Second Degree (violent) and Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime. Judge Eugene C. Griffith, Jr. imposed […]
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Bryan Christopher Powers, age 36 from Lexington County, was convicted this week by a Lexington County jury of Reckless Vehicular Homicide for causing the death of Mildred Smith, age 81 from Pelion. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the trial of this case and ultimately sentenced Powers to 8 years in the South […]
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From Suzanne Mayes – 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office – Joseph Wade Bernier, a 42 year old Chapin man, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison following his guilty plea in Lexington County for Trafficking Methamphetamine, 10 to 28 grams, Second Offense. Bernier also pled guilty to Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime; […]
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Correy T. Brown, 24, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a shooting death which occurred at an apartment complex near 200 Berryhill Road in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County. The sentence was imposed this week in Lexington County General Sessions Court following Brown’s guilty plea […]
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From the Office of 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard – Isaiah Deshaun Butler, a 23-year-old man from Columbia, was convicted Thursday afternoon by a Lexington County jury, after approximately 40 minutes of deliberations, for a drive-by shooting injuring a mother and her daughter in the Riverbend Apartment complex in West Columbia. The jury returned convictions […]
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Linda Monette, 25, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for her role in the home invasion murder of Mason Hanahan, age 8,. The murder occurred in the early morning hours of May 14, 2019 in the Oak Grove community of Lexington County. The sentence was imposed on Friday, by Chief Administrative Judge Walton […]
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Reynerio Rafael Romero, Jr., a 27-year-old validated gang member living in Pelion, pled guilty to trafficking cocaine second offense and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge George M. McFaddin, Jr., Wednesday to 15 years in prison. Under South Carolina Law, Trafficking Cocaine Second Offense is classified as a serious, violent offense and “no parole.” In […]
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Donnie Rankin, 49, pled guilty in Lexington County this week to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – Second Degree. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod, IV, Eleventh Circuit Chief Administrative Judge, sentenced Rankin to the maximum of 20 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, Rankin is not eligible for parole and […]
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