South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson
Henry Richard Leeder, Jr. of Lexington County pleaded guilty to one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, 2nd degree; and one count of Criminal Solicitation of a Minor, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Tuesday. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, concurrent on both charges. On October 11, 2019, a citizen […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Tyron Demarcus Napleon Wise (age 30), of Lexington, S.C., Drew Carson Alexander (30), of Cayce, S.C., and Hatwell Tyler Keenum (age 36), of Batesburg, S.C., on 11 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced the arrest of Jordan Keith Agee (age 22), and Michael Dewayne Elkin (age 52), both of West Columbia, on 14 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 […]
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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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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Don Laverne Mclemore, Jr. (age 52) of Columbia (Lexington County) Tuesday on two charges connected to the solicitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office and Homeland […]
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More than a dozen law enforcement agencies have worked together on a month-long operation targeting adults accused of contacting children online for sexual activity. Seventeen men have been arrested as part of the operation. Another man is wanted on charges stemming from messages exchanged with law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media apps. […]
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Ronald Dean Jones, 54, of Lexington, has been arrested on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.Jones was arrested Tuesday. He is charged with six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment on each count. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Monday that a Lexington County Grand Jury has indicted Swansea Mayor Jerald E. Sanders on charges of embezzlement and misconduct in office. The Attorney General has sent copies of the indictments to Gov. McMaster, since the governor has the authority to suspend from office any elected official indicted […]
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