Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon

Lexington County man charged in car disposal case at metal recycling site

A Lexington County man is accused of improperly disposing of cars last month at a metal recycling business on Charleston Highway. Timothy Eron Dickensheets, 44, is charged with eight counts of improper disposal of a vehicle, and a single count of possession of a stolen vehicle, and malicious injury to property, according to arrest warrants. […]

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Lexington County investigators arrest 3 on drug charges

From Capt Adam Myrick LCSD Communications – Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested two men and a woman in connection with a drug case that started last month with a community tip. Carmen Maria Cruz, 49, and Michael Dean Sharpe, 48, are charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute, according to arrest warrants. […]

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Lexington County Man Gets 12 Years for Shooting Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputy

From Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard’s Office – Mark Louis Cote, a 71-year-old man living in Lexington, pled guilty this morning in Lexington County to Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature (ABHAN) for shooting a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputy. Cote was sentenced by Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin to twelve […]

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Lexington Man accused of distributing child sexual abuse material

 South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of James Austin Gillespie (age 31), of Lexington, on 12 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. 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 and Homeland Security Investigations […]

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Plane crashes into Lake Murray

A small plane carrying two passengers crashed into Lake Murray after having engine trouble around 1:45 p.m., according to the LExington Sheriff’s Department. The crash happened near Taylor’s Cove Road in Gilbert. Neither passengers sustained any injuries. This is all the information available at this time. (Debi Lafayette photo)

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Suspect arrested in 1986 Gutierrez child kidnapping, killing in Lexington County

 A North Carolina man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing a child in Lexington County more than three decades ago. Thomas Eric McDowell, 61, is charged with murder, kidnapping and first-degree burglary in connection to the disappearance and death of 4-year-old Jessica Gutierrez in June 1986, according to arrest warrants. McDowell, who […]

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Man with knife shot by Lexington County deputies, according to LCSD report

Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies shot a man, Friday morning, who was holding a knife. According to a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department report, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. at a home on Old Barnwell Road, between Micala Drive and Savannah Woods, when deputies were executing a search warrant on the house. A man with a […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigating a stabbing

A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing on Emanuel Church Road. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported the incident around 2 p.m., Wednesday. And 49-year-old Tony Washington of Cayce has been arrested in the case. He’s being held in the Lexington County Detention Center. Deputies confirmed that a man was stabbed after […]

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