A Columbia man who was wanted on a family court bench warrant has been arrested after he did not make court-ordered child support payments totaling $18,193.
Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said fugitive investigators along with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department have arrested 47-year-old Johnny Millard White on Thursday, June 11 at White’s home at 422 Brookgreen Drive, Columbia. White was being held Friday, June 12 at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a hearing in family court to resolve his Lexington County child support case.
According to Lexington County Clerk of Court Beth Carrigg, a family court judge, a bench warrant was issued for White’s arrest on April 1 after White did not pay his nearly $20,000 of court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County.
So far this year, fugitive investigators have arrested 49 habitual offenders who did not make a combined total of more than $1.3 million in court-ordered child support payments and served 281 family court bench warrants on dead-beat parents who haven’t made their court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County, Metts said.
In 2008, investigators served 668 family court bench warrants on persons who failed to make court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County.
Non-custodial parents who owe court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County can make arrangements to resolve family court bench warrants that have been issued for their arrests by calling the Clerk of Court’s Office at (803) 785-1196, Carrigg said.
Non-custodial parents who are wanted on family court bench warrants also can surrender at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington, Metts said.
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