Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Jeremy Gerome Junious, a 35-year-old Columbia man, pled guilty to Burglary First Degree last week in Lexington County and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper to 22 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Under South Carolina law, burglary first degree is categorized as a violent, most serious, and “no parole” […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brantley Walter Clarke (age 43) of Lexington, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. 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 […]
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Lexington County Fire Service, Lexington County EMS, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Swansea Police Department are on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 800 block of Redmond Mill Road in Swansea. The fire was reported before 7 p.m., Friday. The road was closed while emergency crews are on scene. No injuries have […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Alan McCurry (age 44) of West Columbia, S.C., on four 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 arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office and U.S. Secret […]
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A West Columbia man died after a standoff with Lexington County deputies who were trying to arrest him Wednesday morning. The man, identified as 29-year-old Shavon Marquise Wright by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher, was wanted on two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm at a person, according to arrest warrants. “Today’s events can […]
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Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon held a news conference Wednesday where he reported that a barricaded man died in a shootout after an eight-hour, gunfire-filled, standoff with law enforcement. The incident took place on Montclair Circle off of Delree Street in West Columbia, Wednesday morning. Koon said the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department first received a […]
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Christopher Michael Alexander, 32, of Gilbert, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor for sexual activity, to be followed by a lifetime of supervision and registration as a sex offender. According to evidence presented in Court, on May 19, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of presenting a firearm to a driver during a road rage incident last week. Adam Lee Jones, 43, displayed the weapon while stopped at a traffic light near the 200 block of Longs Pond Road Thursday, according to an arrest warrant. “In cellphone video recorded by the […]
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