Three men sentenced for Piney Grove shooting
2025-04-23
Vernon Jenkins, 42, Altariq Cole, 39, and Dyshawn Hines, 42 — all from New Jersey — were all convicted last week by a Lexington CountyContinue Reading
Man sentenced to 25 Years for stabbing
2025-04-01
Robert Allen Gaffney, a 38-year-old man from Lexington County, has been convicted of Attempted Murder following a plea entered March 13. The Honorable Walton J.Continue Reading
Columbia man sentenced for gun and drug offenses
2024-07-03
Kenneth Archie, 44, of Columbia, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by aContinue Reading
Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Lexington County Burglary
2024-03-22
Dwight Anthony Powell, 42, of Saluda, has been convicted in Lexington County General Sessions Court after a trial. Powell was found guilty by a LexingtonContinue Reading
Lexington County Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Murder on Fish Hatchery Road
2024-02-04
In a recent court decision, 22-year-old Daniel Taylor Jones of Lexington County has been convicted and sentenced to forty (40) years without parole for theContinue Reading
Lexington County Violent Offender Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
2024-02-04
Kaleb Thomas Besancon, aged 19, of Lexington, recently pleaded guilty on January 24, 2024, to serious charges in Lexington County. This includes one count ofContinue Reading
Midlands Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
2024-01-23
Brandan Lamont Richardson, a 35-year-old validated gang member, faced the verdict of a Lexington County jury on Thursday, January 11, 2024. The jury convicted RichardsonContinue Reading
Life Sentence for the Shooting Death of a 15-year-old
2023-12-18
Lavon Bernard Julius, age 43, originally from Columbia, was convicted Wednesday afternoon by a Lexington County jury, after approximately thirty minutes of deliberations, for theContinue Reading
Two trials took place last week in Lexington County
2023-10-30
Lexington County, the Solicitor’s Office ran two criminal courts with two visiting Circuit Court Judges. While one courtroom handled nearly 100 matters, the other courtroomContinue Reading
Man Convicted of Saluda County Murder Sentenced to 34 Years in Prison
2023-09-19
Aaron Sincere Hood, age 20, was convicted last week Thursday, September 14, 2023, by a Saluda County jury for the Murder of Xavier Cancer, ageContinue Reading
Three Sentenced in the Lexington County Murder of 15-year-old Sanaa Amenhotep
2023-08-31
All three defendants charged in the 2021 Murder and Kidnapping of Sanaa Amenhotep, age 15, have now been convicted and sentenced. The Honorable Debra R.Continue Reading