Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon

Online sexual predator operation results in arrests

A Florida man with ties to South Carolina is accused of sending sexually suggestive messages to law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media apps. Steven Leslie Wright (below left), 49, is charged with criminal solicitation of a minor, attempted dissemination of obscene material to a person under 18 and sexual exploitation of a […]

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West Columbia woman, Cayce man charged with storage unit break-in by Lexington County Sheriff’s Department

Deputies arrested a man and a woman accused of breaking into a storage unit early Tuesday morning. Jeremy Jivers, 38, and Tanya Kelley, 47, are charged with second-degree burglary, according to arrest warrants. Jivers, a Cayce resident, is also charged with financial identity theft. Kelley, who resides in West Columbia, is also charged with providing […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies 2 women shot to death, ages 20 and 25

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the two individuals who were found deceased Monday at approximately 9:15 a.m. in the 200 block of Woodcote Drive, Gaston. According to Fisher, Ms. Jaimey McKenzie Green, 20, and Ms. Jazzmyne Ajytia Onisha Green, 25, both of Gaston were pronounced dead at the scene due to the gunshot […]

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2 people fatally shot in Lexington County

According to investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, two people were fatally shot Monday morning in the 200 block of Woodcote Drive. (Photo from LCSD) Detectives continue to follow leads. Deputies were in the 200 block of Woodcote Drive investigating a shooting. A neighbor called 911 at 9:15 a.m. after hearing gunfire. Detectives were […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigating shooting

 Deputies are in the 200 block of Woodcote Drive in Lexington County, investigating a shooting A neighbor called 911 at 9:15 a.m. after hearing gunfire. Detectives are in the subdivision interviewing neighbors. Crime scene investigators are collecting potential evidence at the scene. #UPDATE at 12:24 p.m.:Based on what we’ve determined at this point, this appears […]

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Ride service driver shot in road rage incident

A Columbia man arrested Friday morning is accused of shooting a ride service driver he followed after a road rage incident in a hotel parking lot. Kenneth Lewis Trogdon, 36, is charged with attempted murder, shooting into a vehicle and other gun charges, according to arrest warrants. “Based on what the ride service driver told […]

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Body of 36-year-old man who went missing on Lake Murray is recovered

The body of 36-year-old David Neil Grantham has been recovered from Lake Murray, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Grantham went missing on Lake Murray on Oct. 26, His body was recovered Saturday. Foul play is not suspected.

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4 charged in jail contraband case by Lexington County narcotics agents

Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a woman and a man accused of trying to get drugs and contraband to the woman’s son and another inmate inside the Lexington County Detention Center. Cassandra Shanklin, 48, and Hunter James Warren, 23, are charged with furnishing or possessing contraband in a county, criminal conspiracy, possession with intent […]

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