West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce
The West Columbia Police Department released its police activity report for the month of October, including information on vehicle collisions. Click here to see complete report There were six vehicle crashes at the intersection of Augusta Road at Dreher Road, in West Columbia, in October. That was the site with the most collisions for the […]
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Investigators with the West Columbia Police Department served a search warrant Wednesday morning at 1824 D Avenue in West Columbia. Police seized methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, and approximately $1,000 in cash. As a result of this investigation, nine individuals were arrested. Bradford Price was charged with 13 felony distribution warrants for methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl. He […]
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West Columbia Police Department Officers will be at the West Columbia Chick-fil-A, 2299 Augusta Road, West Columbia for the three-day Cops on the Coop event beginning Wednesday, Nov. 15, through Friday, Nov. 17, in conjunction with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Cayce Police Department to benefit the South Carolina Special Olympics. Donations given to the officers go directly to housing, uniforms, transportation, and food […]
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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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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the two people who died in amulti-vehicle collision at the intersection of 12th Street and B Avenue in the West Columbiaarea of Lexington County at approximately 7:30 p.m., Friday. According to Coroner Fisher, Mr. Cornelius Alexander Clory, 68, of Ruther Glen, Virginiawas stopped at B Avenue when his […]
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West Columbia Police Department responded to the report of a vehicle collision with two fatalities near the 12th Street and B Avenue intersection. It was reported around 9 p.m. Friday, but the crash occurred before 9 p.m. The WCPD later reported that officers had taken 24-year-old Joshua R Yarborough of West Columbia into custody for […]
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All three defendants charged in the 2021 Murder and Kidnapping of Sanaa Amenhotep (photographed below), age 15, have now been convicted and sentenced. The Honorable Debra R. McCaslin handed down lengthy sentences following a sentencing hearing held yesterday in Lexington County General Sessions Court. “I am sending a message,” stated Judge McCaslin, “our youth is […]
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