A Columbia man is accused of trafficking fentanyl after his arrest Monday near Interstate 20. Jakob Regan Dator, 20, is charged with trafficking fentanyl, 28 grams or more, according to an arrest warrant. “Lexington County narcotics agents stopped Dator Monday on the I-20 on-ramp at Sunset Boulevard,” Lexington County SheriffContinue Reading
The Lexington Police Department is looking for J’Air Malik Atkins, age 22 of Columbia, as he is alleged to have physically assaulted a victim in the early morning of August 3, 2023, by choking her, throwing her into a wall, punching her in the head, and not allowing her toContinue Reading
A father and daughter face multiple charges after a shooting in a restaurant parking lot Thursday night in Swansea. Stephanie Lynn Brown, 40, is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and pointing and presenting firearms at persons, according to arrest warrants. David Lee Brown,Continue Reading
Jeremy Gerome Junious, a 35-year-old Columbia man, pled guilty to Burglary First Degree last week in Lexington County and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper to twenty-two (22) years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Under South Carolina law, burglary first degree is categorized as aContinue Reading
Lexington County deputies have arrested two men accused of shooting into a house during an armed robbery in 2021. Khartae Tyuan Bethel, 20, and Darreun Hampton Miller, 19, are charged with two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery, as well as discharging a weapon into a dwelling andContinue Reading
Gregorio Leon III, age 56, has been sentenced to thirty (30) years in prison for the murder of Arturo Bravo Santos, 28, which occurred on Valentine’s Day at a Park and Ride location in Lexington County in 2016. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard and DeputyContinue Reading
A West Columbia man died after a standoff with Lexington County deputies who were trying to arrest him Wednesday morning. The man, identified as 29-year-old Shavon Marquise Wright by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher, was wanted on two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm at a person, according toContinue Reading
A search is underway for a man who’s wanted after an attempted sexual assault at Chapin’s Crooked Creek Park. Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said the attack happened the afternoon of May 21. A woman exercising in the park said a shirtless man wearing khaki cargo shorts who appeared to beContinue Reading
Deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting a man to death inside a car Thursday. Tyrese Shevon Madison, 24, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. Madison is also charged in connection to drugs he had in his possessionContinue Reading
A Lexington County man is charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Leesville earlier this month. Vernon Ray Frick, 52, is charged with attempted murder, domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and unlawful possession of a firearm,Continue Reading
Morgan Dayle Carr, age 31, was convicted last week Friday, April 28, 2023, by a Lexington County jury for her role in the 2018 Murder and Armed Robbery of Robert William All, Jr., age 22. Chief Administrative Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV, presided over the week-long trial and sentenced CarrContinue Reading