Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
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 […]
Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting a man to death last week in West Columbia. Patrick David Esparza, 26, is charged with murder in the March 20 shooting death of Charles Boyd Moore Jr., according to an arrest warrant. “Early in their investigation, detectives identified Esparza as a person of interest […]
Lexington County detectives are following leads they have developed in a deadly shooting investigation. They shooting occurred in the area of Hammond Avenue in West Columbia early Friday morning. Hammond Avenue is off of Augusta Road, near Dreher Road. First responders were called there after a person who was bleeding started knocking on doors asking […]