Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Stefon Shananthony Russell, age 39, was convicted by a Lexington County jury on Thursday, August 20, for Trafficking Cocaine, 28 grams or more, but less than 100 grams – third or subsequent offense, Possession With Intent to Distribute (PWID) Cocaine Base – third or subsequent offense, Possession With Intent to Distribute (PWID) a Schedule I […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joshua Rene Massalou (age 31) of Lexington, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators state Massalou solicited a minor for sex. Massalou […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Hunter Scott Duncan, (age 31) of Lexington, on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the […]
A Lexington woman has been arrested after confessing to the misuse of Parent Teacher Organization funds at a Lexington County school. Cassandra Jensen Hanvey, 36, is charged with breach of trust, according to the arrest warrant. “We were notified by Carolina Springs Elementary School that Hanvey confessed to using PTO funds for personal use,” Lexington […]
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported receiving a call Sunday afternoon about a man armed with a gun threatening to shoot as many people as he could in the Red Bank Walmart. Deputies responded to the location and cleared the store. Deputies said they “had not seen a man with a gun, nor has anyone […]
Bradford Wayne Jovanelly, age 46, pled guilty to Fentanyl-Induced Homicide on Thursday, July 23, in what is believed to be the first conviction under the law since Governor Henry McMaster signed it into effect in May of 2025. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin sentenced Jovanelly to the maximum sentence of 30 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. […]
Kristen Nicole Foutz, age 44, was convicted by a Lexington County jury on Wednesday, July 22, for Trafficking Methamphetamine, 28 grams or more, but less than 100 grams. Circuit Court Judge Jocelyn Newman presided over the trial that began on Monday, July 20, 2026, and sentenced Foutz to thirty (30) years in the South Carolina […]
Tyrese “Rese” Glascho, a 27 year old Columbia man, has been sentenced to Life in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Murder, Attempted Murder, Armed Robbery, Criminal Conspiracy, and Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime. Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV imposed the life sentence on the murder charge and […]