LEXINGTON, S.C. – An 11-year-old male who attends Pelion Middle School has been charged with threatening a student after deputies determined he referred to killing another student Friday. A Lexington County deputy interviewed the student, whose name will not be released because he’s under the age of 18, at the school before releasing him to the […]
A member of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s command staff passed away unexpectedly Thursday morning. Lt. William C. “Billy” Aiken, 57, died at a hospital after a medical event at his Irmo home. Aiken joined the Sheriff’s Department in November 2001. He most recently served as the lieutenant over special operations. Aiken, a graduate of the […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Two males have been charged in separate and unrelated incidents with making threats to students at their respective schools. One of the males attends Carolina Springs Middle School. The 13-year-old made a statement Sept. 30 to another student he was going to “shoot up the school then shoot himself,” according to an incident report. […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Gaston man has died after firing gunshots at Lexington County deputies early Friday morning. The suspect’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. “The sequence of events started just before 2 a.m. at a truck stop off I-20,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “We received a call […]
