Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies, along with officers from the West Columbia Police Department, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division – SLED and the Department of Homeland Security arrested eight people Thursday after a drug and prostitution investigation. The following individuals were arrested and charged, according to arrest warrants: -Yoselyn Maybeli Colomo-Rodriguez, 33, has been charged with prostitution. -Esmerelda Roblero Arreage, […]
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The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced a 15-year sentencing of a Wagener man for trafficking methamphetamine in Lexington County. Christopher Lamar Corbitt, a 34-year-old Wagener man, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his conviction at trial in Lexington County for Trafficking Methamphetamine, more than 28 grams but less than 100 grams, and […]
Read More >> The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department began conducting an investigation, Thursday, into drug and human trafficking Thursday at multiple locations throughout Lexington County. The multi-agency operation includes the West Columbia Police Department, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division – SLED and the Department of Homeland Security. The operation includes a significant law enforcement presence at various […]
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Brittany Nicole Miles, 37, of Lexington, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department utilized a confidential informant to conduct a controlled purchase of […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person who was shot and killed at a home in the 1500 block of Granby Road, in Cayce, at approximately 4:27 a.m., Saturday. Fisher states that Mr. Zaquan Payden Glover, 21, of West Columbia was shot several times in the upper body and died […]
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Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 7-11 in the 5100 block of Platt Springs Road in reference to an overnight Saturday shooting incident. Upon arriving, deputies found a man with a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was transported to a hospital for more treatment.The sheriff’s department has not yet identified any suspects […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of impersonating a police officer and carrying a weapon on school grounds. Christopher Patrick Brewer, 41, carried a personally owned handgun while at Beechwood Middle School in Lexington between 2022 and February 2026, according to an arrest warrant. “Brewer would present himself as a law enforcement officer […]
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David Earl Bender, a 43-year-old West Columbia man, was sentenced last month to twenty (20) years in prison following his conviction at trial on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, in Lexington County, for Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the jury trial and imposed the […]
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