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Monday, June 17, 2013  Lexington County sheriff's deputies are again rounding up new and used eyeglasses and hearing aids to help people see and hear better.  This is the third year that deputies have partnered with the Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club to collect the items, which will be donated to South Carolina Lions Charitable Services.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Lexington County deputies say a man is accused of killing his family's black lab puppy that was found with its mouth taped shut in an outdoor closet without food or water.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A 22-year-old Chapin man is accused of physically abusing a 4-month-old child, according to Lexington County Sheriff James Metts.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A Gaston man accused of assaulting his wife with a box cutter is wanted by the  Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Investigators in Lexington County say the suspect in the shooting death of a 56-year-old man was upset because his dog was struck and killed by a car.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A Lexington County K-9 deputy was used to track a man accused of breaking into a home near Gaston Thursday.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Deputies have released a sketch of a suspicious person that was at a bus stop

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Lexington County deputies are working to identify and locate a 'suspicious person' they say asked a teenage girl to get into a car Wednesday afternoon.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Lexington Sheriff James Metts said Jamey Charles Mallette, 36, of Gaston was arrested and charged with murder and kidnapping Michael Cody George of West Columbia.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Lexington County deputies trying to serve an arrest warrant on a woman wanted for driving with a suspended license found a toddler, wearing only a diaper, locked alone in a bedroom of a home.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  A Leesville woman and a West Columbia man are accused of numerous thefts in Lexington County.

Friday, August 31, 2012  A man accused of stealing three vehicles from a Lexington business has been arrested.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  A West Columbia man who was wanted for nearly two months was arrested by Lexington County sheriff's deputies last Friday.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Car break-ins are on the increase in Lexington County and deputies are asking people to do something very simple to help prevent the crime. Lock your doors.