Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon
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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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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From Suzanne Mayes – 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office – Joseph Wade Bernier, a 42 year old Chapin man, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison following his guilty plea in Lexington County for Trafficking Methamphetamine, 10 to 28 grams, Second Offense. Bernier also pled guilty to Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime; […]
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A Lexington High School student is charged with making a direct threat against students at his school. The student, whose name will not be released because he is under age 18, made a statement on a social media app that included a threat to “shoot up the school,” according to an incident report. “The FBI became […]
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Deputies arrested two 18-year-olds shortly after a shooting that began with an armed robbery in a Lexington County subdivision last weekend. Stephen Reese Clifton (left) and Tekhi Augustus Jones are charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of attempted robbery, conspiracy and discharging a firearm into a dwelling, according […]
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UPDATE on Dec. 15 at 7:49 a.m.: Deputies arrested Owens over night after finding him walking along Old Charleston Road. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Lexington County Detention Center. The Lexington Sheriff’s Department is looking for a man after it was discovered he was not in a house being […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is reports it is attempting to make contact with a man at his home on Blackthorn Drive in Gilbert after he threatened to hurt a family member. The report was posted shortly before 4 p.m., Tuesday. 4:53 p.m., the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported that Blackthorn Drive is completely closed. […]
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Daniel Hill who escaped from an ambulance while in custody, was captured before 10 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Lawrence Road in Red Bank. Before he was caught, Hill, age 30, was described as armed and dangerous. He was pursued for nine hours, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Riverbank Elementary School, Northside […]
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