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Search continues for man charged in Gaston incident

A Gaston man is facing two charges from a domestic dispute that prompted a SWAT response at his house Monday afternoon. Terry Lawrence Jordan Jr. is charged with domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and kidnapping, according to arrest warrants. “Based on our investigation, Jordan severely beat a female victim as she was […]

LCSD accepting ‘Citizens Academy’ applications

Applications for our 41st Citizens Academy, which starts March 28, will be accepted until March 10. The Citizens Academy gives participants a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement operations from blood spatter analysis to booking inmates. “Our Citizens Academy offers transparency and helps citizens have a full and complete understanding about how we serve and protect […]

Detectives investigating homicide, looking for victim’s car

Detectives are investigating a Gaston man’s death as a homicide after deputies found his body in his home during a welfare check Monday night. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the man as 67-year-old Robert John Kobylak. “We responded to Mr. Kobylak’s home in the 200 block of Shadow Dale Drive in Gaston after […]

Lexington County man turns himself in after surveillance footage is released

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8sTLMP9tps[/embedyt] A Lexington County man has been charged with burglary after stealing a case of scratch off tickets from a Gaston convenience store. Frank James Sturkie, 35, turned himself in after seeing surveillance footage of the incident at D&M Grocery. “Sturkie was not only caught on camera taking the lottery tickets and putting them […]