11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israel Mendoza Cervantes, 29, has been sentenced to thirty (30) years in prison following a jury trial in Lexington County General Sessions Court earlier last week. Cervantes was convicted on all charges, including Trafficking Heroin (28 grams or more); Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime; and Possession with Intent to Distribute […]
Mathia Chambers, 22, of Richland County, has been sentenced to thirty (30) 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 recently imposed in Lexington County General Sessions Court following Chambers’ guilty plea […]