LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a woman and a man accused of trying to get drugs and contraband to the woman’s son and another inmate inside the Lexington County Detention Center. Cassandra Shanklin, 48, and Hunter James Warren, 23, are charged with furnishing or possessing contraband in a county, criminal conspiracy, […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Columbia man is accused of flying home from California with more than 40 pounds of marijuana and $4,000 in his suitcases. Kevin Antwan Simmons, 43, is charged with trafficking marijuana, according to a warrant for his arrest. “Law enforcement officers from the Sacramento area notified South Carolina-based Drug Enforcement Administration agents […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Lexington County middle school student is accused of having a loaded gun in his backpack at school Tuesday. “A male student at Carolina Springs Middle School had a loaded pistol in his book bag,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “Administrators received a tip the student might have a gun and […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Investigators continue to pursue charges against men targeted in a monthlong operation featuring messages exchanged with law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media apps. Seventeen arrests were announced last month after an online operation that included more than a dozen law enforcement agencies. Officers pretended to be underage teenagers as […]
