Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
The West Columbia Police Department responded to a domestic violence call at 110 McSwain Drive, West Columbia, at 1 PM, on Tuesday. On scene, officers spoke with the female involved and continued to the 5th floor to contact the suspect Jonathan Russell Saylor, age 34. Mr. Saylor shut the door on the officers and told […]
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A subject who barricaded himself in the Hilton Garden Hotel on McSwain Drive in West Columbia was taken into custody, between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce. The subject faces attempted murder, discharging a firearm, and a possible domestic violence charge.The stand-off escalated after police made contact […]
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West Columbia Police block off Sunset Boulevard to deal with subject barricaded at Hilton Garden Inn
The West Columbia Police West Columbia Police are on scene at the Hilton Garden Inn at 110 McSwain Drive in West Columbia. There is a barricaded subject. Police asked motorists to please stay clear of the area as law enforcement works to peaceably resolve the situation. There were also units from the Lexington County Sheriff’s […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of assaulting a deputy last week. Allen Michael Rish, 33, is charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer while resisting arrest, giving false information to a law enforcement officer and a gun possession charge, according to arrest warrants. “A deputy made contact with Rish Tuesday afternoon while […]
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A Lexington Police officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Roberts Street for a headlight being out and an expired license plate when the driver failed to stop for blue lights and continued driving at a high rate of speed. Due to the police department’s policy, those violations did not allow the LPD officer to […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brian Andrew Brown (age 18), of West Columbia, S.C., and Nathan Allen Miller (age 32), of Cayce, S.C., on six total 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 […]
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The attempted murder charge against Jonathan Harden Alique Walker has been upgraded to murder. The victim in the Dec. 21 shooting at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in West Columbia, Derrell Andrews, who was shot, died Dec. 31. Walker is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center. Here’s the initial report: Lexington County deputies have […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the identity of the diver who was recovered by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources from Lake Murray at approximately 10:30a.m. on Sunday (Jan 1) in Lexington County. According to Fisher, Mr. Paul Lloyd Lunsford, 54, of Chapin was recovered from LakeMurray. Mr. Lunsford entered the water […]
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