Correctional officers at the Lexington County Detention Center will test the facility’s emergency warning siren system July 14 at approximately 11:30 a.m. The system is intended to alert homes and businesses near the detention center at 521 Gibson Road in the event of an emergency situation, such as an escape. The test tone will sound […]
Agents of the State Law Enforcement Division have arrested a former Lexington County deputy and a former Columbia Metropolitan Airport Department of Public Safety officer in connection with the removal of items from a shed at a Lexington County residence. After conducting a court-ordered eviction in February, former deputy Willie Womble, 36, instructed Jesse Gregg […]
Lexington County deputies have charged a woman with unlawful conduct toward a child after she left two children inside a car while she went into a store. “Based on our investigation and witness statements, Maria Rivas-Velazques left a 5-year-old girl and a 23-month-old boy in her running car for about 12 minutes,” Lexington County Sheriff […]
Taylor Devin Johnson Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigators are seeking information on whereabouts of a Gilbert man who hasn’t been seen or heard from since the day after Memorial Day. “Taylor Johnson was last seen walking along Pond Branch Road about 7 p.m. on May 31,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “His father saw […]