LEXINGTON, S.C. – A former detention officer at the Lexington County Detention Center has been charged for her alleged role in an assault-for-hire scheme last year. Ingrid Yolanda Ortiz-Montero, 22, is charged with two counts of misconduct in office and one count of conspiracy, according to arrest warrants. “Immediately after I became aware of allegations that Ortiz-Montero brought contraband into […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies have charged a man with murder in the death of his girlfriend. The woman was found dead in a Wynnsum Trail home in June. She has been identified as Patricia Smerdell, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Scott Mattison Horton, 53, was charged with murder in the beating […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies found a man wanted for burglary and made two other arrests Friday at a Red Bank home. Jeffrey Adam Flowers (left), 28, is accused of second degree burglary, according to arrest warrants. Deputies also arrested Michael Lee Pendleton, 28, and Cynara Deshay Davis, 30, as they searched for Flowers […]
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies arrested a man Tuesday on drug charges after a traffic stop. Maxie Paul Wagner, 33, is charged with trafficking meth, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of cocaine and failure to stop for blue lights, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies tried to stop Wagner in the 5000 block […]
