Lexington Police Department

Rock spill causes lane closing in Lexington, Friday afternoon

Lexington Police officers were directing traffic around a rock spill on Augusta Road (US-1) at Cedarcrest Drive, Friday afternoon. Police asked drivers to consider an alternate route until the road was reopened. All lanes were reopened around 3:30 p.m.

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Lexington Police ask for help to identify two people in theft-related case

The Lexington Police Department needs to identify two people. The LPD said the two stole a set of keys while at the Lexington Walmart on July 12. They left the scene in a black vehicle which may have been an early 2000’s Acura.Contact Detective Payton of the LPD at 803-358-7271 or email [email protected] with info […]

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Lexington Woman shoots and kills her husband, stood to get $500,000 in life insurance, says prosecutor

Kimberly Fletcher Groh, 55, was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison after entering a plea to the 2016 shooting death of her husband, Michael Bryan. Circuit Court Judge Walton J. McLeod IV imposed the sentence following the plea earlier Friday in Lexington County. Under South Carolina law, Groh is not eligible for parole.  11th […]

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Man was drunk when he stole US flags from Lexington homes, say police

A man has been arrested for stealing American flags from Lexington homes in Lexington, according to Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. Christopher Lee Sisney, 37, of Houston, Texas, has been arrested in connection to a case involving flags stolen from yards and outside of homes in a neighborhood off of Ginny Lane. On the evening […]

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Lexington Police ask for help to identify man in connection to theft of US flags

Lexington police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who they believe has stolen multiple American flags. Officers began responding to numerous thefts that occurred in the Wellesley neighborhood on Ginny Lane on the morning of July 12, according to Chief Terrence Green. Four of the stolen American flags and the decorative […]

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Lexington man charged with murder in connection to June 27 shooting

An arrest has been made in a shooting homicide that occurred on Freedom Drive in Lexington, According to Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. Jabin Elliotte Trapp, age 49 of Lexington, was arrested in the death of Parrish Scott Phillips, age49 of Chapin, that occurred on the afternoon of June 27. When officers were dispatched to […]

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Lexington teen has returned home and is with his family

Micah Longstreet returned home and is with his family. His return was reported by the LPD, Tuesday morning. Initial story: A Lexington teen has been missing for several day and the Lexington Police Department is asking for assistance to find him, according Chief Terrence Green. Early Saturday morning (July 3) Micah James Longstreet, 18 of […]

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Collision blocks lane in Lexington, Wednesday evening

The Lexington Police Department asked drivers to please use caution while traveling inbound on South Lake Drive at Roberts Street, around 6 p.m. Wednesday. A collision had an inbound lane blocked. Police asked motorists to please pay attention to officers detouring traffic around the incident. Consider using an alternate route. (LPD photos.)

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