Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Lexington County narcotics agents arrest a man accused of trafficking fentanyl and distributing meth
Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a man accused of trafficking fentanyl and distributing meth. Gary Edward Ware Jr., 38, is also charged with a weapon possession crime, according to arrest warrants. “We’ve had previous encounters with Ware and received some recent intelligence about ongoing drug activity at his home on Hayride Road in Gilbert,” […]
Read More >> South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of River Allen Mathis (age 26), of Cayce, 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 […]
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A Lexington County deputy spotted an expired license plate on a car on Interstate 26 last week before pulling the driver over and setting a significant drug case in motion. Aaron Daryl Maldonado, 31, is charged with trafficking fentanyl and meth, cocaine possession, marijuana possession, possession of Alprazolam pills, committing a violent crime while on […]
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The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office has announced the sentencing of a Newberry County man for sexual abuse of minors. Trevor Grant Oty, age 22 of Newberry County, pled guilty to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Second Degree, one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor in the First Degree, and one count […]
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Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies seized 156 pounds of fentanyl during a criminal investigation, which is believed to be the largest seizure of fentanyl in state history. The seizure resulted in multiple arrests and was first announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Robert Murphy. On July 1, DEA agents, […]
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Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a North Carolina man accused of trafficking fentanyl. Brandon Ulysses Pinkard, 41, faces three fentanyl trafficking charges stemming from three controlled purchases earlier this year, according to arrest warrants. “On two separate occasions in April, investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team conducted controlled purchases of fentanyl […]
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US Attorney General Pamela Bondi, on Wednesday, said the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been working since the first of the year to get illegal drugs off the streets and protect innocent Americans from addiction, overdose, and drug-related crime and violence. Part of that effort resulted in the confiscation of drugs locally. More than […]
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A Lexington County Detention Center inmate died Friday after being taken to a hospital. The inmate has been identified as 25-year-old Morgan Daniel Kannaday of Gaston, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. “State troopers arrested Mr. Kannaday June 29 due to traffic offenses, a DUI and a drug charge,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “He […]
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