Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon

Missing 5-year-old FOUND SAFE

FOUND SAFE – The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department worked to locate 5-year-old Clayton Frick, in Chapin Thursday afternoon. He was FOUND SAFE

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Motorcycle crash in Red Bank results in a fatality, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

A motorcycle driver is dead after the motorcycle crashed into a car on South Lake Drive in the Red Bank area of Lexington County, Tuesday afternoon. “Based on information from the scene, the motorcycle driver was driving recklessly when a deputy saw them and began the process to pull them over,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay […]

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Lexington County Man Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material* Charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Shaquezius Leevontae Dennis (age 19), of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., 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 […]

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Lexington County Men Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material* Charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Matthew Leonard Loveridge (age 20), of Cayce, S.C., and Christopher Paul Comer (age 28), of Pelion, S.C., on seven total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrests […]

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Lexington County man charged with kidnapping, stalking

Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of attacking a woman outside her home and stalking her at her job. Joey Miles Strickland, 41, is charged with first-degree assault and battery, kidnapping, and stalking, according to arrest warrants. “The sequence of events between Strickland and the woman started Jan. 14 at a gas station,” […]

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Lexington County teacher accused of assault: “hit yourself, not the teacher” she said, according to arrest warrant

A White Knoll High School teacher is accused of assaulting a student at the school. Fritzie Suerto Refamonte, 45, is charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to an arrest warrant. “When we became aware of this incident, we opened an investigation and determined Refamonte allegedly assaulted the student Jan. 14,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay […]

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Search of Lexington apartment yields cocaine, meth, marijuana, a handgun and more than $9,300, man and woman face drug charges, says Lexington County Sheriff

A man and a woman face drug charges after a tip from the public led narcotics agents to an apartment on South Lake Drive in Lexington County last week. “Investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested 34-year-old Ansel Yameen Sparrow and 21-year-old Victoria Katherine Harley Thursday at an apartment complex in the […]

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Lexington County Man Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jake Brady Ergle (age 38) of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., 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 […]

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