Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Stephen Todd Greene, 55, of West Columbia, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, producing child sexual abuse material, and coercion/enticement of a minor and aiding/abetting. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Greene initiated an online relationship with a woman […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Kenneth Lenard Norton (age 40), of West Columbia, S.C., on eight charges 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 […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is asking tips to help find the location of an endangered juvenile runaway named Mackenzie Dalton. Deputies have been working to find the 16-year-old since she left her Lexington home in late November. Mackenzie is 5’4” and weighs 118 pounds. The car she drove away in and the suitcase she […]
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A Lexington County man and woman were arrested two weeks ago after Lexington County deputies conducted a traffic stop. Jonathon Shockley, 26, was charged with two counts of trafficking fentanyl, two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to […]
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Allon T. Adams, (pictured) – a 24-year-old Leesville man, has been sentenced to Life in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Murder, Armed Robbery, Criminal Conspiracy, and Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime. Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV, imposed the life sentence on the murder charge and concurrent sentences […]
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Alan Rojas Santos, age 39, pled guilty on November 17, 2025, in Lexington County to Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in the First Degree. The Honorable Brian Gibbons sentenced Santos to 50 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in the First Degree is a violent and most […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Samuel Alexander Gray, 53, of Leesville, has been sentenced to a year and three months in federal prison after pleading guilty to operating a dogfighting venture and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that in September 2023, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Animal Services […]
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A Sandhills Middle School cafeteria employee is accused of bringing a loaded weapon on school grounds. Andrea Brooks, 43, is charged with carrying a weapon on school property, according to the arrest warrant. “The school resource officer was notified after a district employee told school administrators they discovered a firearm in one of the employee […]
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