LCSD

VIDEO: Students complete jail table project

  Looking at the 12 newest tables for the Lexington County Detention Center, one would think they were the work of professional welders. However, they’re the product of a two-year project by Lexington Technology Center students, led by senior Marshall Hibbs. “First, all the metal got dropped off. Then I had to make a cut […]

VIDEO: LCSD, FBI partner on officer safety training

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon always says it’s not a matter of if a deputy’s life will be put in danger, it’s when. “We’ve just got to be ready for it. You perform how you train, so it’s important to do this kind of training.” FBI Principal Firearms Instructor Rob Chadwick says it’s all part […]

Deputies arrest suspect in car connected to hospital shooting

Deputies arrested Stephen Johnson Craft this morning after he initiated a pursuit following his refusal to stop for blue lights and siren. Craft, 38, got out of his car on Beckman Road and was arrested after a short foot chase. A warrant for his arrest on a charge of grand larceny had been issued earlier […]

Teacher wanted on criminal sexual conduct charges

Investigators are searching for an elementary school teacher suspected of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Hianlucas Isturiz Rodriguez, 40, engaged in sexual battery with a Red Bank Elementary School student multiple times while on duty at the school, according to arrest warrants. Detectives have obtained warrants charging Rodriguez with two counts of first degree […]