Friday, February 4 2011 5:57 PM EST2011-02-04 22:57:54 GMT
Lequint Johnson (Source: Sumter-Lee Detention Center)
A Lee County mother wants answers after the State Supreme Court threw out two murder convictions on one of the men charged with killing her son.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:07 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:07:27 GMT
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating after a West Columbia police officer shot and killed a man with a handgun Monday night.The incident happened at approximately 11:15 p.m. afterMore >>
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating after a West Columbia police officer shot and killed a man with a handgun Monday night.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:22 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:22:49 GMT
A church-affiliated retirement community in Orangeburg is seeking approval to serve beer and wine after its bid to serve liquor was rejected by state officials.More >>
A church-affiliated retirement community in Orangeburg is seeking approval to serve beer and wine after its bid to serve liquor was rejected by state officials.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:24 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:24:25 GMT
Richland County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the community's assistance in identifying a woman who is wanted for fraud.According to Sheriff Leon Lott, the suspect stole a debit card from a customerMore >>
Richland County Sheriff's deputies are asking for the community's assistance in identifying a woman who is wanted for fraud.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:25 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:25:03 GMT
Four people have charged for holding a mother and her child captive for years. Jordie Callahan, Jessica Hunt, Daniel J. Brown and a fourth person are accused of engaging in human trafficking. AccordingMore >>
Four people have been arrested for holding a mother and her child captive for years in Ashland.
According to the charges, the suspects used beatings, threats of death and threats of attacks from pit bulls and large snakes to hold a woman and her child against their will for two years.More >>
BISHOPVILLE, SC (AP/WIS) - A Bishopville man who was once serving a life sentence for two murders has now been found not guilty in the crimes after an investigator's mistake.
The Item of Sumter reports a Lee County jury acquitted LeQuint Johnson on Wednesday.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Johnson in 2010 after ruling an investigator at his first trial in 2007 read Johnson's nickname in co-defendant Sharod Frazier's confession after it had been redacted.
In that trial, Johnson was found guilty of killing 27-year-old Tyrone Dinkins and 54-year-old Joseph "Bud" Reames during a 2004 robbery outside Bishopville on Highway 154. He was sentenced to life.
Johnson never confessed to the killings.
Johnson's lawyer says there was no physical evidence linking Johnson to the killing and the man who said he killed the victims lied to get a deal from prosecutors.
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LeQuint Johnson (Source: Sumter-Lee Detention Center)
