Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
Lexington County deputies are investigating a shooting in the 100 block of Glenn Road. A 911 call reporting gunshots came in about 8:15, p.m. Thursday. Three people were shot. No word on their condition. Deputies have secured the scene. There is no ongoing threat to the public. Investigators believe the shooting is an isolated incident. […]
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Lexington County deputies arrested a man Wednesday after he started two pursuits and crashed into a patrol vehicle. Devon Ray Shealy, 21, faces multiple charges including first-degree assault, four counts of failure to stop for blue lights, four counts of reckless driving and one count of larceny, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. “Deputies saw […]
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The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced the 15-year sentence of a Lexington County man convicted of criminal sexual conduct and burglary in unrelated cases. Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for the Sexual Battery of a 14-Year-Old Girl in Lexington County Last week, Timothy Michael Jones, Jr., age 33, pled guilty to Criminal Sexual […]
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Lexington County Coroner releases names of murder-suicide victims of Ermine Road shooting of July 26
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the autopsy findings in regards to Mr. Philip Calvin Jackson, 45, of Lexington. Mr. Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene in the 400 block of Ermine Road in West Columbia on July 26. Mrs. Sabrina Jackson, the estranged wife of Mr. Jackson sustained a single gunshot wound […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Tyron Demarcus Napleon Wise (age 30), of Lexington, S.C., Drew Carson Alexander (30), of Cayce, S.C., and Hatwell Tyler Keenum (age 36), of Batesburg, S.C., on 11 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the […]
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More charges have been filed against a Lexington woman already accused of hurting a child while employed at a daycare. Shayna Nicole McKnight, 36, is charged with three counts of cruelty to children and two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child, according to arrest warrants. More abuse cases associated with Windsor Academy came to […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department was conducting a death investigation at a home in the 400 block of Ermine Road Tuesday evening. At 7:43 p.m. Tuesday, the LCSD reported the incident location is a business on Ermine Road.Crime scene investigators were processing the scene and collecting potential evidence. Detectives were in the area interviewing neighbors […]
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With the start of school in August, the stress level for teens can be overwhelming. “We’re concerned about the rate of suicide and mental health issues,” said Jade Watford of the Taylor Watford Foundation. She is part of an event to educate the community about the dangers of anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Also a […]
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