LCSD

Investigators ask for help in armed robbery

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigators want the public’s help as they investigate an armed robbery at a Lexington County hotel. According to detectives, two masked black males went into the Red Roof Inn on Berryhill Road at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 14 and robbed two desk clerks at gunpoint. “Surveillance video shows the suspects […]

Sheriff promotes two deputies

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon recently promoted two deputies. Eric Kirkland, 46, has been promoted to serve as a sergeant over resident deputies and code enforcement officers in the department’s north patrol region, which is based near Irmo. Kirkland, a native of Denmark, South Carolina, previously served as a detective in the department’s major crimes […]

Investigators make drug arrests

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department narcotics agents have made two arrests after a monthlong undercover investigation. Demetrius Summers and Latesha Boykin have been arrested on multiple drug and weapons charges. Both Summers and Boykin face charges for trafficking and distributing drugs, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, possession of a stolen […]