Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Bazle Kenneth Hutto, (age 70) of Lexington and Dalana Inez Suggs, (age 25) of Swansea, on nine 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 in these […]
Lexington County deputies arrested a man after he attempted to run over a child with his car. Raheem Smith, 33, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of certain crimes, according to arrest warrants. “Detectives recovered footage from a doorbell camera of Smith trying to run […]
Jonathan Russell Saylor, age 36, was convicted on Friday, March 27, 2026, by a Lexington County jury for a shooting that took place at a West Columbia hotel in 2023. Click here for story and here for story The jury convicted Saylor of two counts of Attempted Murder, Shooting into a Building while occupied, Possession […]
A Columbia man is charged with murder after a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon. Latif Shi’Yon Elijah Ross, 23, is charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a person prohibited, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies were dispatched to an apartment complex off Fernandina Road right before […]
Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the 3500 block of Fernandina Road investigating a fatal shooting, Saturday evening. Crime scene investigators were on the scene processing and collecting potential evidence. They will most likely be in the area for several hours, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Detectives have identified a person of interest […]
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Jason Vincent Carnavale, 41, with Exposure of Private Parts in a Lewd and Lascivious Manner, and Disseminating Harmful Material to a Minor on Tuesday. The SLED investigation was requested by Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. A video recording on March 20, by the 16-year-old victim shows Jason Carnavale […]
Angela Peterson Black, 53, of Camden, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Black distributed methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement officers in November 2022 with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. On two occasions, she sold almost 200 grams of “ice” […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Richard Channing Shealy, 53, on 13 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. An investigator in the Attorney General’s Office initiated the case after seeing files shared online. The Attorney General’s Office referred the case to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, which made the […]