LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon is pleased to announce the following promotions and transfers. Jordan Baez has been promoted to resident deputy in Dixiana. Baez previously worked as a patrol deputy. He has been serving the county since 2022. Lee Barrett has been promoted to lieutenant over the community action team. Barrett […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a man accused of trafficking fentanyl and distributing meth. Gary Edward Ware Jr., 38, is also charged with a weapon possession crime, according to arrest warrants. “We’ve had previous encounters with Ware and received some recent intelligence about ongoing drug activity at his home on Hayride […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Lexington County deputy spotted an expired license plate on a car on Interstate 26 last week before pulling the driver over and setting a significant drug case in motion. Aaron Daryl Maldonado, 31, is charged with trafficking fentanyl and meth, cocaine possession, marijuana possession, possession of Alprazolam pills, committing a violent […]
