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About 500 men, women and children participated in the annual Lexington County Sheriff’s Foundation Jailbreak 5K Run and Walk, which was held at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington. The run featured competitors from across South Carolina. It is a Palmetto Grand Prix-sanctioned 5K race. The Lexington County [...]

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department resident deputies in partnership with Walmart collected $4,300 for the Children’s Miracle Network during the second annual Jail-A-Thon, which was held at a Walmart Super Center at 1780 South Lake Drive near Lexington. All proceeds from the event benefitted the Children’s Miracle Network. Red Bank Resident Deputy Nick Parker organized the [...]

Heroes Vest Fund, Inc. will donate one additional tailored-made body armor vest to a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit police dog. The vest will be donated at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 28 near the end of the Jailbreak 5K road race at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 [...]

Fifty persons who were wanted on family court bench warrants that were issued after the persons did not make a combined total of $435,467 in court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County turned themselves in during Operation Last Chance. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Lexington County Clerk of Court’s Office recently conducted the enhanced [...]

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol have issued a public advisory of scheduled traffic-enforcement operations for the seven-day period that begins on Thursday, June 2. Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said deputies and state Highway Patrol troopers will concentrate on specific offenses or on problem areas identified by patrol observations, [...]

Investigators Are On The Scene Of A Deceased Body Located Near The Maybinton Community In The Sumter National Forest. Investigators from the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office are on the scene of a remote wooded area near the Maybinton community in the Sumter National Forest where a deceased body was located earlier this afternoon. Investigators are [...]

UP TO $2000 CASH Ms. Shelton’s Vehicle was found abandoned on Hayne St. across from William’s Grill. We are seeking information concerning activity or persons around this vehicle during the time period of Friday, May 20, 2011 – Monday, May 23, 2011. Contact: Inv. Russell Porter @ 864.415.1992, 864.596.2845 or 1.888.CRIME.SC – 888.274.6372 or Text [...]

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Lake Murray Marine Patrol deputies will conduct enhanced boating safety patrols on Lake Murray during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, beginning on Friday, May 27. Lexington County Emergency Medical Services paramedics will patrol with deputies on fire-rescue boats to handle medical emergencies that occur on the lake. Lexington County Sheriff James [...]

In the evening hours of Tuesday, May 23, 2001 Detectives with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Division went to Spartanburg Highway/Half Dotson Loop in response to a citizen complaint of persons at that residence engaging in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine.   During the course of investigating the complaint, detectives discovered a clandestine [...]

Heroes Vest Fund, Inc. will donate one additional tailored-made body armor vest to a Lexington County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit police dog. The vest will be donated at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 28 near the end of the Jailbreak 5K road race at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 [...]