Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Col. Mel Seboe, who has served the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department for more than 50 years, has received the Order of the Palmetto from Gov. Henry McMaster. Seboe started the agency’s bloodhound tracking team in 1973 as the forerunner to Lexington County’s K-9 team, which now includes nine full-time handlers. Seboe started the agency’s explosive […]
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A Columbia woman is accused of taping a Seven Oaks Elementary School 4K student to a classroom chair. The aide, age 25, is charged with cruelty to children, according to an arrest warrant. “Based on our investigation, (a) teacher’s aide, used duct tape to tape the student’s legs to a chair Wednesday while the teacher […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced, Wednesday, that a registered sex offender from Lexington County is going to prison for seven years after committing another offense. On Tuesday, Michael Dwayne Elkin pleaded guilty in Lexington County to one count of Attempted Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Minor age 12 and under. On February […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has been on the scene at Bush River Road and Zimalcrest Drive. The early information gathered, according to the LCSD, indicates a shooting took place in an apartment in the area Sunday afternoon. One man has been transported to the hospital with what’s been described as a non life-threatening gunshot […]
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A West Columbia woman is accused of shooting at her boyfriend during a fight. Ashley Nicole Stroman, 24, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Detectives have determined Stroman fired multiple shots at the victim Thursday as he was trying to leave the home […]
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Facebook lit up with photos and reports of a chase in progress in Red Bank, Friday. Click for link to post Barry Lyle posted: “The craziest things seem to happen at the Red Bank Walmart. Was getting groceries loaded in my car and then all of a sudden two Lexington (County Sheriff’s) cars chased a […]
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From the Attorney General – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Simon Manuel Gates (age 29) of West Columbia, 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 […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrests of two Lexington men on unrelated child sexual abuse material charges. Timothy Jacob Sullivan (age 42), of Lexington, and Billy Bruce Price (age 88), of Lexington, on four total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with […]
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