Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
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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Lexington County deputies have arrested two Columbia men accused of firing shots that killed a woman and injured a man early Wednesday morning. Coroner identifies shooting victim – Click here to see initial report Tyrese Dwan Glascho (left), 24, and Jalin Trevon Jordan, 18, are charged with murder, attempted murder, attempted armed robbery, criminal conspiracy […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of a woman who was shot and killedon Wednesday, shortly after 2 p.m. in the 600 block of Pine Grove Road located in the Leesville areaof Lexington County. Fisher states that Ms. Emily Renee Zeigler, 55, of Leesville, was found dead inside her residence.Ms. Zeigler was […]
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Eric Rashun Jones, a/k/a “E Dolla,” 31, of Newberry, has pleaded guilty to Human Trafficking Conspiracy, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and Witness Tampering. As to the Human Trafficking Conspiracy conviction, evidence presented in court showed that from August 2018 through November 2022, Jones worked together with at least one other person […]
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Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies are following leads they have developed in the investigation of a deadly shooting that happened early Wednesday morning. A woman was shot to death in front of a home in the 600 block of Pine Grove Rd. A man was also shot. EMS transported him to the hospital where he continues […]
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