Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Angela Peterson Black, 53, of Camden, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Black distributed methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement officers in November 2022 with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. On two occasions, she sold almost 200 grams of “ice” […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Richard Channing Shealy, 53, on 13 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. An investigator in the Attorney General’s Office initiated the case after seeing files shared online. The Attorney General’s Office referred the case to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, which made the […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting a man to death last week in West Columbia. Patrick David Esparza, 26, is charged with murder in the March 20 shooting death of Charles Boyd Moore Jr., according to an arrest warrant. “Early in their investigation, detectives identified Esparza as a person of interest […]
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Lexington County detectives are following leads they have developed in a deadly shooting investigation. They shooting occurred in the area of Hammond Avenue in West Columbia early Friday morning. Hammond Avenue is off of Augusta Road, near Dreher Road. First responders were called there after a person who was bleeding started knocking on doors asking […]
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Tony Leonard, a 52-year-old Gaston man, has been sentenced to twenty-five (25) years in prison following his conviction at trial in Lexington County for multiple counts of Trafficking and Possession with Intent to Distribute Drugs. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the jury trial and imposed the sentence. The trial concluded on Thursday, […]
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De’Marionne Zaquann Miller, 22, of Lexington, has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that on June 14, 2025, deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department responded to an apartment after a family reported […]
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Lexington County investigators hope the public will provide a break in a missing person case opened more than a year ago. Drayton Lucas, 25, went missing the morning of Feb. 8, 2025, according to his family. “Family members tell us they believe Drayton walked away from their home on Whetstone Road in Swansea,” Lexington County […]
Read More >> Lexington County deputies have arrested a man from Camden in connection to a deadly shooting at an apartment complex near Lake Murray. Brian Vincemichael Ashford, 42, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Based on their investigation, which included a review of items collected from […]
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