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Lexington County councilman arrested

Deputies arrested Phillip Heyward Yarborough Jr. Sunday afternoon. Yarborough, 35, is charged with malicious injury to personal property. He was taken into custody at his residence in the 100 block of Palm Point Drive in the Columbia area of Lexington County after deputies interviewed witnesses and determined there was probable cause to arrest Yarborough for […]

North Charleston man facing multiple charges after crime spree

A North Charleston man has been arrested and charged after a series of crimes at three Lexington County businesses. John Dytrych, 29, is charged with two counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking, possessing a weapon during a violent crime and attempting to purchase more than nine grams of pseudoephedrine in 30 days, according to arrest […]

VIDEO: How deputies train for the unthinkable

An active shooter situation can happen in the blink of an eye. “Nowhere is immune to it happening, no state, no city,” said Capt. Hampton Taylor of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. “Nobody ever thought it would happen to them until it does so it’s critical that we build those relationships, those communication channels and […]

Burglary suspect caught in restaurant cooler

A Columbia man surrendered to deputies inside a walk-in cooler after tripping a burglar alarm at a Lexington County restaurant. Michael Davis, 33, of Columbia was arrested Monday morning at Zorba’s Greek Restaurant on Saint Andrews Road, according to warrants. “Deputies responded to the alarm and found a door pried open,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay […]