LEXINGTON, S.C. –
An operation targeting wanted subjects last weekend netted 20 arrests.
“This operation was all about getting accused criminals off the street,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “We set up multiple teams of deputies that swept through the county over the weekend serving arrest warrants.”
Investigators gathered intelligence in the days leading up to the operations about where the wanted subjects have been seen, according to Koon.“Many of the warrants were served at hotels and businesses,” Koon said.
“Deputies from different units within the department worked together to make our community safer and bring these people to justice.
”The following individuals were arrested in the operation and booked into the Lexington Count Detention Center:
Jay Terry, trespassing, assault, domestic violence, malicious injury to personal property Raymond Stierwald, failure to appear in court for armed robbery,
kidnapping, assault, assault by mob and criminal conspiracyBrittany Cauthen, General Sessions Court bench warrant James Liberty, family court bench warrant, charged with possession with intent to distribute meth Wayne Boron, probation violation Harlcart Carter, contempt of court Malik Akbar, probation violation Donnell Goodwin, probation violation Michael Hardison, family court bench warrant Shaun Logan, failure to appear in court Marcus Lawrence Harper, probation violation Kelin Martinez-Arellanes, failure to appear in court for forgery Joseph Rush, probation violation Stephen Atkinson, meth possession Matthew Loverin, harassment Tameakeo Carnard, possession with intent to distribute marijuana David Westmoreland, failure to appear in court for burglary,
possession of a weapon during a violent crime and domestic violenceMatthew Lajoie, larceny Devika Ellis Allen, failure to appear in court bench warrant Ray Wyatt, harassment and unlawful communication
(ALL SUSPECTS ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW)