A recent training session for our new K-9, Blesk, ended with another successful track. Training is where it all starts for Blesk and our new K-9 handler, Deputy Matt Fields. “I know you’re going to go with us on a track, so we’ll see how it goes from there,” said Fields to our digital communications […]
Detectives arrested two men in Sumter Thursday in connection to a July 4 burglary during which nearly 40 handguns were stolen from a Gilbert sporting goods store. Tyrone Jerome Fleming (above left), 19, and Ekelo Simon, 20, both of Sumter, broke into JC’s Outdoors Tuesday morning and stole more than $10,000 worth of handguns, according […]
A team of specially trained assessors with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc., commonly known as CALEA, will begin a four-day, on-site assessment at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department July 16. CALEA will determine if the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department will maintain its status as an internationally accredited law enforcement agency. Accredited agencies are re-evaluated […]
Catching fish, making healthy snacks and learning about animals might sound like sound like summertime fun, but Lexington County Deputy David Burns believes it’s all about learning. “Those are life lessons. We go on the river canoeing and kayaking, we’ve got to respect the water. So they’re life lessons, it’s things that they’re going to […]