Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Jewayne Price, age 25, of Columbia, has received an active sentence of thirty-five (35) years in prison for his role in the Columbiana Mall mass shooting which occurred on April 16, 2022 in the Harbison area of Lexington County. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard and Deputy Solicitor Suzanne Mayes. The […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a Greensboro, North Carolina, woman accused of using fake cashier’s checks to make several purchases, including multiple vehicles. Sierra Blair Stewart, 34, is charged with three counts of forgery for $10,000 or more, and one count each of presenting an altered vehicle registration, obtaining goods under false pretenses and financial […]
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FOUND SAFE – The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department worked to locate 5-year-old Clayton Frick, in Chapin Thursday afternoon. He was FOUND SAFE
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A motorcycle driver is dead after the motorcycle crashed into a car on South Lake Drive in the Red Bank area of Lexington County, Tuesday afternoon. “Based on information from the scene, the motorcycle driver was driving recklessly when a deputy saw them and began the process to pull them over,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Shaquezius Leevontae Dennis (age 19), of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., on one charge 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 Office, also a member of […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Matthew Leonard Loveridge (age 20), of Cayce, S.C., and Christopher Paul Comer (age 28), of Pelion, S.C., on seven 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 arrests […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of attacking a woman outside her home and stalking her at her job. Joey Miles Strickland, 41, is charged with first-degree assault and battery, kidnapping, and stalking, according to arrest warrants. “The sequence of events between Strickland and the woman started Jan. 14 at a gas station,” […]
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A White Knoll High School teacher is accused of assaulting a student at the school. Fritzie Suerto Refamonte, 45, is charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to an arrest warrant. “When we became aware of this incident, we opened an investigation and determined Refamonte allegedly assaulted the student Jan. 14,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay […]
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