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VIDEO: ‘Making the right connections’ with anti-gang initiative

Drawing, playing games and career days sound like normal summer camp activities. But this year, Lexington County parents signed their children up for Making the Right Connections or MTRC, a program aimed at empowering young people not to join a gang. “The goal of this program is the prevention aspect of working gangs,” Investigator Brian […]

Teen charged after purse snatching at Publix

Cooper Joseph Cole, 17, forcefully snatched then carried away a woman’s purse in the Publix parking lot on Highway 378 July 10, according to arrest warrants. Cole, a Gilbert resident, is charged with purse snatching, assault and battery, and criminal conspiracy. Detectives said Cole made the woman fall to the ground during the incident but […]

Lexington County correctional officer receives national certification

A Lexington County corrections sergeant has become a Certified Correctional Supervisor through the American Correctional Association and Commission on Correctional Certification. Sgt. Paula Hare completed the requirements to become certified in June. According to the association website, program is designed for individuals at the “mid-management” level who work with staff and offenders in a corrections […]

Search underway for suspect in shooting death

Deputies are searching for a man identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Gilbert man late Wednesday night near Swansea. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for Charlie Don Robinson III, known as Corey, charging him with murder in the shooting death of Robert William All Jr. on Toole Smith Road. “Our […]