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Chief Investigator Matt Martin Recognized and Presented at ROCIC Conference

This week, our Chief Investigator Matt Martin presented at the Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) 2019 Fall 28th Annual Homicide…

Lexington County Man Sentenced to 12 Years for his role in a Cayce robbery

Ronheim Syron Dease, age 25, pled guilty this week for robbing the Simba Express convenience store located on Frink Street in the city of Cayce.…

Repeat Drug Offender Convicted of Methamphetamine Distribution

Tony James Smith, age 28, was sentenced last week in Lexington County to 10 years for Distribution of Methamphetamine, 3rd Offense. The sentence was…

Lexington Man Gets 10 Years in Federal Prison on Firearm and Drug Charges

Gabrielle Chase Watts, age 35, of Lexington, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a…

County of Lexington Woman Sentenced to 21 Years for Fatal DUI Crash

Catherine L. Crumley, age 55, of West Columbia, was sentenced earlier today following a guilty plea to Felony DUI resulting in Death. There were no…

Conviction for Threatening the Life of a Public Official in Saluda County

Jeffrey James Williams, age 49 of Saluda, was convicted of Threatening the Life of a Public Official by a Saluda County jury this week and was…

Lexington County Man Convicted of Murder for 2014 Killing of Dutch Fork Student

Kierin Marcellus Dennis, a 24 year old Lexington County man, was found guilty of the murder of Da’von Nathaniel Capers by a County of Lexington jury…

22 Years for Saluda County Man Convicted of Death of a Vulnerable Adult

Donald Ralph Chewning, 53, of Saluda, was sentenced this week in Saluda County General Sessions Court after pleading guilty to committing Abuse or…

Shooting in the Gaston area lands Man in Prison for 10 years

Last week, in the County of Lexington, William Walter Wells, II, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to Assault and Battery of…

Sex Offender Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison in Lexington County

After a trial in Lexington County this week, sex offender William Derek Bennon, age 47, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison. The trial began on…