Lexington County Sheriff's Department
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the identity of a man who was shot outside of his apartment in the 100 block of Riverbend Drive in West Columbia, Saturday. Fisher states that Mr. Bradley Freeman Tucker, 24, of West Columbia, was pronounced dead on the scene due to multiple gunshot wounds to the upper […]
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Harbison Boulevard was closed Thursday afternoon at the I-26 overpass after a vehicle crash. Irmo Fire units assisted Columbia Fire units with what was called “a major traffic collision” on Harbison Boulevard at the I-26 overpass. A high speed collision involving three cars sent five people to the hospital. The roadway is expected to remain […]
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Gary Alexander Maner, a 33-year-old West Columbia man, pled guilty on March 22, 2024, to Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the plea and sentenced Maner to 15 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Under South Carolina law, Assault and Battery of […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is trying to find 35-year-old Tony Etheredge. His family reported him as a missing person Thursday. The family last had contact with him on Jan. 1.Tony is 5’9” and weighs 135 pounds. His truck, a 2014 black Toyota Tacoma, was recovered near the intersection of Truex Road and Rish Drive […]
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West Columbia Police Department Narcotics Detectives conducted an undercover operation that ended Tuesday. Tony Leonard, 44, of Cayce was arrested. The operation was done in conjunction with City of Cayce Police Department, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Richland County Sheriff’s Department, and the ATF. Seized from Leonard were approximately 10 grams of fentanyl, 43 grams of […]
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Investigators from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department were on the scene, Thursday, in the 200 block of Longs Pond Road looking into what led up to a shooting that injured a man. Based on preliminary information they’ve gathered, shots were fired after two women and two men were fighting. One man was shot in the […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has been working since Wednesday night to locate Neville and Bre Ritchey. Their foster father told the Sheriff’s Department he was the last one to see the siblings near their Rose Hill Court home. All signs point to the boy and the girl leaving home together and willingly.Deputies don’t have […]
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Units from the Sandy Run-Calhoun Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on I-26 at the 125 mile marker west bound Tuesday morning at 4:12. Upon arrival, a vehicle was found to be fully engulfed in flames. SRFD firefighters worked to put out the flames and the fire was fully extinguished in a few minutes. […]
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