Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Eleven-month-old Koah Sharpe was found alive Tuesday afternoon. Lexington County Sherriff’s Department announced that Koah was found. The child was buried alive in a dog crate, wrapped in a towel, said Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon at a Tuesday afternoon news conference. Who put the infant in a god crate and buried him is not […]
Lexington County deputies are searching for a missing infant near Batesburg-Leesville. Koah Sharpe, 11 months, was taken by his father Michael Comer Monday afternoon, according to investigators. Comer was found and arrested on a burglary charge late Monday night but Koah was not with him. Deputies are working with Lexington County Fire Service, SLED, FBI […]
Angelo Xzavier Allen, a 41-year-old Augusta man, was convicted by a Lexington County jury on Thursday, Oct. 8, for Trafficking Methamphetamine, 400 grams or more. Circuit Court Judge Jane Merrill presided over the trial and sentenced Allen to 25in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. This conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years […]
A woman and a man from West Columbia were arrested last week after deputies went to their home in response to gunfire complaints. Christina Hope Anderson, 52, is charged with distribution of meth, second offense, according to an arrest warrant. Anthony Ray Miles, 54, is charged with possession of a firearm or ammunition by a […]
Donovan Ryan Holman, a 35-year-old Lexington man, was convicted last week by a Lexington County jury and sentenced to Life for the murder of Caldwell “Jay” Motley, Jr., (photo below) age 38, on Oak Ridge Lane in Lexington. Holman was also sentenced to thirty (30) years for Attempted Murder and twenty-five (25) years for Arson […]
A West Columbia man is in a hospital after exchanging gunfire with Lexington County deputies early Friday morning. “The sequence of events started shortly after 3 a.m. when we received a 911 call from a home in the 200 block of Shadowfield Drive that resulted in a hang up,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. […]
UPDATE at 2:07 p.m.: Lexington High School has been cleared of any threat. All students and staff are safe. The investigation is ongoing. The call is believed to have come from out of state. UPDATE at 1:22 p.m.: Deputies are still working to clear the school. The threat level at the school is considered low. […]
Demetrius Tyare Glenn, 35, of Lexington, has been sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Evidence gathered during the investigation showed that, beginning in 2023, members of a drug-trafficking organization distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana throughout the Columbia and […]