Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard

Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Lexington County for Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and Crack Cocaine

Brandan Lamont Richardson, a validated gang member, age 35, was convicted on Thursday, Jan. 11, by a Lexington County jury for Trafficking Methamphetamine over 100 grams, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine. Circuit Court Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV, presided over the trial and sentenced Richardson to […]

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Local restaurant owner shot his wife’s lover on Valentine’s Day and is convicted of murder in Lexington County courtroom

Gregorio Leon III, age 56, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of Arturo Bravo Santos, 28, which occurred on Valentine’s Day at a Park and Ride location in Lexington County in 2016. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard and Deputy Solicitor Suzanne Mayes. The three week […]

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Caleb Keefe sentenced to 30 years for Lexington County shooting death of Justin Simons, Keefe was age 16 at the time of the offense 

Caleb M. Keefe, 22, of Lexington County, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the shooting death of Justin Simons, age 36, which occurred in a suburban neighborhood near the Harbison area on September 17, 2017. Keefe was arrested four years later on December 7, 2021, following a lengthy law enforcement investigation into […]

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Man convicted of criminal sexual conduct gets 15 years

The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced the 15-year sentence of a Lexington County man convicted of criminal sexual conduct and burglary in unrelated cases. Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for the Sexual Battery of a 14-Year-Old Girl in Lexington County Last week, Timothy Michael Jones, Jr., age 33, pled guilty to Criminal Sexual […]

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Lexington County Man Gets 12 Years for Shooting Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputy

From Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard’s Office – Mark Louis Cote, a 71-year-old man living in Lexington, pled guilty this morning in Lexington County to Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature (ABHAN) for shooting a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputy. Cote was sentenced by Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin to twelve […]

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Man gets 2 life sentences for sex crimes committed against a 9-year-old

Michael Thomas Dyer, 48, has received the maximum sentence for two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – First Degree. He was sentenced after a trial for the ongoing sexual abuse of a child under the age of eleven. Eleventh Circuit Chief Administrative Judge Walton J. McLeod IV, imposed two Life sentences on […]

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