Lexington County deputies have arrested three women in connection to a child abuse investigation at a child care center. Shayna Nicole McKnight, 36, is charged with infliction of great bodily harm upon a child, according to an arrest warrant. Amy Marie Grice, 38, and Jeannie H. Locklear, 49, […]
Lexington County employees who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic will receive a second round of “premium pay” as authorized users of the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF). Lexington County has been allocated $58,028,000 from the SLFRF – a funding program from the federal government to aid […]
A federal inmate who was being held at the Lexington County Detention Center died Saturday evening. The inmate has been identified as 39-year-old Charles Carlisle Plumley, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. “Mr. Plumley was in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service while being housed at […]
A Columbia man is being held in the Lexington County Detention Center after detectives said he shot the doorknob of a West Columbia home and exchanged gunfire with another man after going inside. Jeremy Gerome Junious, 34, is charged with attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a dwelling, […]
A father and son from Columbia are accused of attempted murder, among other charges, after a Thursday morning shooting. Anthony Gail Davis (left), 54, and Antony Ryan Davis, 28, are charged with two counts each of attempted murder, four counts each of pointing and presenting a firearm at […]
A 911 call about a suspicious person Saturday led Lexington County deputies to a Saint Andrews Road business where a man is accused of stealing a catalytic converter. Maurice Daveonte Oats, 22, is charged with possession of a nonferrous metal, possession of implements capable of being used in […]
A Lexington County man is accused of stabbing a relative at a Gaston home Wednesday night. Richard James Lewis, 40, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies went to a home on Mimosa Drive shortly before […]
Lexington County deputies have arrested three more South Carolina men accused of sending sexually charged messages to law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media last year. Kenneth Allen Cook, 33, Brendon James Klinar, 32, and Don Laverne McLemore Jr., 52, are charged with criminal solicitation of […]
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 […]
Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting his wife to death at their Gaston home Saturday. The victim has been identified as Kia Riley, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Alonzo James Riley, 33, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during […]
