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Crime and Punishment

Lexington County Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Murder on Fish Hatchery Road

2024-02-04
By: John Griggs
On: February 4, 2024
In: Public Safety

In a recent court decision, 22-year-old Daniel Taylor Jones of Lexington County has been convicted and sentenced to forty (40) years without parole for the murder of Barry Joe Chavis, Jr., on March 27, 2020, at 3630 Fish Hatchery Road in the Gaston area of Lexington County. The verdict wasContinue Reading

Lexington County Violent Offender Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

2024-02-04
By: John Griggs
On: February 4, 2024
In: Public Safety

Kaleb Thomas Besancon, aged 19, of Lexington, recently pleaded guilty on January 24, 2024, to serious charges in Lexington County. This includes one count of Armed Robbery and one count of Burglary Second Degree Violent stemming from separate incidents. Circuit Court Judge William P. Keesley oversaw the guilty plea andContinue Reading

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