Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon

Woods fire destroys mobile home, vehicles in Lexington County, Sunday afternoon

The Lexington County Fire Service, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and the South Carolina Forestry Commission responded to the 4100 block of Two Notch Road in the Gilbert area, at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon. A fast-moving woods fire threatened multiple homes. A vacant mobile home, camper and vehicles were destroyed during the incident. Seven fire […]

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Man dies in Irmo, his brother charged with manslaughter

On Saturday, around 9:30 p.m. Irmo Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 300 Block of Wharfsdale Road in the New Friarsgate subdivision, in Irmo. A person at the residence called 9-1-1 stating there had been a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found the deceased victim near the front door of the residence […]

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Using DNA evidence, man charged with the murder of 75-year-old Lexington woman

William Luis Megal King, 27, has been arrested in connection to the 2020 murder of a woman in the Hickory Hill mobile home park on Industrial Boulevard in Lexington. King was taken into custody, without incident, on Monday at his home in Gaston. Detectives began their investigation of this case Sept. 19, 2020, when officers […]

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Report of “large cat” sighting in parts of Lexington County being investigated

Lexington County Animal Services and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are assisting the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Those agencies are investigating several reports of large cat sightings. (File photo SC DNR) There have been reported sightings in the Horses Neck area of Lexington County near the Calhoun […]

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Lexington County deputies want to make sure 16-year-old is safe

Deputies at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are working to make sure 16-year-old Stephanie Valverde is safe. There is no reason to believe she’s with someone she doesn’t know well or in any danger, according to the LCSD. Her family said she willingly left her home in Gaston Feb. 25 without her daily medicine. Stephanie […]

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Sexual assault report spurs search for suspect by Lexington County Deputies

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has released a composite image of a suspect in a recent sexual assault.The victim told investigators it happened about 4 a.m. Thursday (March 3) in the general area of Fairlane Drive/Pine Lake Drive between Sunset Boulevard and Ephrata Drive. That’s in an unincorporated part of West Columbia, close to Lexington. […]

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Validated Gang Member Sentenced to 45 Years in Lexington County Murder Case

From the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office – Christopher J. Brisbon, a 31 year old Columbia man, has been sentenced to forty (45) years in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Murder, Burglary – Second Degree (violent) and Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime. Judge Eugene C. Griffith, Jr. imposed […]

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Lexington County man charged with stabbing family member

A Lexington County man is accused of stabbing a relative at a Gaston home Wednesday night. Richard James Lewis, 40, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies went to a home on Mimosa Drive shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday after a woman called […]

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