Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon

Lexington County triple-murder results in life sentences for 2 Columbia men

Jeremy S. Cornish, age 41, of Columbia, and Justin Tyler Hopkins, age 24, of Columbia, have each been sentenced to Life in prison for the murders of three me. The murders occurred during a home invasion in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County in 2019. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick […]

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Lexington man gets 8 years in prison for sex crimes against a minor

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced, Tuesday, that Randy Carroll Rawl of Lexington County has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sex crimes against a minor. Rawl pleaded guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, 2nd degree, and one count of Criminal Solicitation of a Minor. On October […]

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West Columbia man charged in child sex abuse case

Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing a teen boy for more than two years. Michael Paul Keech, 41, is charged with three second-degree counts and one third-degree count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor under 16, according to arrest warrants. “Our investigation started after a family member of the […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s Department asks for help to locate missing 13-year-old

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is working to locate 13-year-old Kylee Chandler. She was last seen Sept. 16 when she left her home. Kylee is 5’2” and weighs 120 pounds.If you have any contact with Kylee, or if you know where she might be, please call Investigator Cobb at 803-673-0013.

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2 shot at Waffle House in Lexington, Saturday night

Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Waffle House on South Lake Drive at I-20, in Lexington, Saturday night, after two people were shot. Based on the early information LCSD investigators have gathered, the shooting was an isolated incident between two groups of people involved in an earlier altercation at another location on South Lake […]

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Heavy Lexington County Sheriff’s Department presence in the parking lot of a West Columbia business early Sunday morning

There was a heavy law enforcement pressence in the parking lot of a business on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia around 7 a.m. Sunday. Several Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies were on the scene. There was also a SWAT vehicle and a support unit from the West Columbia Police Department. It was described as an LCSD […]

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Lexington man accused of trafficking meth and cocaine, and distributing fentanyl

Lexington County narcotics agents arrested a Lexington man last month accused of trafficking meth and cocaine, and distributing fentanyl. Nehemiah Jimmy Mayes, 28, is charged with two meth trafficking offenses, trafficking cocaine base, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession with intent to distribute a Schedule II narcotic, which agents said was fentanyl, according […]

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Hurricane Ian makes landfall, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department issues contact phone number as conditions expected to deteriorate

The National Hurricane Center reported that the center of Hurricane Ian made landfall Friday at 2:05 pm. near Georgetown. Maximum sustained winds were 85 mph when it hit. Ian will bring heavy rain and wind gusts up-to 60 mph to Lexington County. The SC Emergency Management Division is reporting down powerlines on flooded roads, storm […]

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