Lexington County Sheriff's Department
David Grantham’s boat was spotted near Spence’s Point on Lake Murray from the air and recovered, Tuesday, but he wasn’t on it. Lexington County Sheriff’s Department divers have been called to the scene as part of a search. LCSD personnel are also searching nearby islands. About 9:30 p.m., Tuesday, Capt. Adam Myrick of the LCSD […]
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An overturned 18-wheeler on the overpass of I-26 West and I-126, at Mile Maker 108 is causing traffic jams before noon Friday. The overpass is closed while crews work to clear the wreck.
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Jerome Smith, age 57, has been found guilty of Trafficking Heroin, Distribution of Heroin, and Possession with the Intent to Distribute Heroin in Lexington County. Following a bench trial last week before the Honorable Walton J. McLeod, IV, Chief Administrative Judge, Smith was sentenced to 25 years for the Trafficking offense, and received concurrent sentences […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the results of an autopsy performed on Thursday, on Miss Chloe Eve Doby, 10, of Lexington, who died as a result of a house fire in the 200 block of Golden Leaf Lane in Lexington on June 29. (Feature photo is a file photo) Miss Doby died because […]
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Lexington County deputies have charged a Columbia man in connection with the weekend theft of three catalytic converters. Ajee Piedra Jimenez, 27, is charged with unlawful transport of nonferrous metals, transportation of stolen nonferrous metals and possessing tools capable of being used in a crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies encountered Jimenez on Spool Wheel […]
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2 Lexington men arrested on sexual exploitation of minors charges, 1 traveled to meet minor, says AG
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jeremy Joseph Denny (age 29) of Lexington and Cameron Lee Myers (age 21) of Lexington, on 10 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrests in these unrelated […]
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Robert Miller of West Columbia has been charged with sexually abusing a minor. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the June 3, arrest of Miller, age 37, Friday, on five charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office […]
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Michael Thomas Dyer, 48, has received the maximum sentence for two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – First Degree. He was sentenced after a trial for the ongoing sexual abuse of a child under the age of eleven. Eleventh Circuit Chief Administrative Judge Walton J. McLeod IV, imposed two Life sentences on […]
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