Lexington Police Department
The Lexington Police Department issued a “Traffic Alert” Wednesday afternoon because two “Wide-Load” semi-trucks and trailers needed to be rerouted back to the interstate. All traffic in downtown Lexington was stopped while the trucks came through town.Police thanked everyone for their patience and officers quickly worked to reopen downtown. (LPD photos)
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First responders were on scene of a vehicle rollover on North Lake Drive (SC-6) near Old Cherokee Road, Tuesday. The crash resulted in the closing of a lane. According to Lexington Police, the rollover was caused by a driver failing to yield the right of way during a lane change. The driver of the vehicle […]
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Personnel from the Lexington Police Department, EMS and Lexington County Fire Services were on the scene of a collision, right after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The crash occurred at the intersection of West Main Street (US-1) and Swartz Road. As a result of the crash, outbound lanes were being diverted around the collision area and Swartz […]
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Both inbound lanes and one outbound lane of Sunset Boulevard (US-378) were closed for a while Friday afternoon, due to a collision near Northside Boulevard. Inbound traffic was detoured to Darby Ambrose Road. The collision resulted in injuries. According to the Lexington police Department, the crash was caused by a reckless driver traveling outbound who […]
Read More >>William Luis Megal King, 27, has been arrested in connection to the 2020 murder of a woman in the Hickory Hill mobile home park on Industrial Boulevard in Lexington. King was taken into custody, without incident, on Monday at his home in Gaston. Detectives began their investigation of this case Sept. 19, 2020, when officers […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that Shiv Balvant Tailor and Savannah Stroud pleaded guilty to charges for their participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy primarily involving heroin and fentanyl in Lexington, Richland, and Saluda counties. Shiv Balvant Tailor, 24, of Lexington, and Savannah Lynn Stroud, 23, of Lexington, were charged in May […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound that occurred in the 100 block of Cherry Hall Drive in the Town of Lexington shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday. Read accompanying story click here According to Fisher, Mr. Allen Russell Meadows, 52, of Lexington […]
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The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating an incident that ended Sunday and involved a barricaded man in a Lexington home. For more than 24 hours, beginning Saturday afternoon until Sunday afternoon, Lexington Police officers negotiated with the subject, who was barricaded in a home on Cherry Hall Drive. The objective was the safety of […]
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