Cayce woman arrested on drug charges

Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Reduction Unit have arrested a woman on drug charges after following up on a community tip.

Tiyanna Kirby, 26, is charged with trafficking ecstasy, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants.

“Kirby’s reference to a handgun and drugs on the property prompted deputies to get a search warrant for the home and vehicle on the property,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said.

Investigators seized more than 300 ecstasy pills, 2 handguns and more than $2,700 in cash, according to Koon. Investigators said the pills are valued at $1,500 on the street. Items used to package pills for sale were also seized.

Kirby was arrested at the home and transported to the Lexington County Detention Center.

Another arrest in Lexington crab leg heist

Willie Devontae McKinnon, 27, has been charged with stealing 2 pallets of crab legs from US Foods in Lexington last January, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday.

Detectives have determined the Columbia man was with Johnathan Dewayne Dorsey when they pulled a pistol and threatened a contract security guard at the US Foods distribution center Jan. 18 before stealing crab legs.

Johnathan Dorsey, 28, is accused of tying up a security guard at the food distributor and breaking into a warehouse to steal thousands of dollars’ worth of seafood.

Xavier Dante Smith has also been arrested in this case. The 30-year-old Columbia resident is charged with armed robbery, second-degree burglary and kidnapping.

Stabbing charged upgraded to murder

The woman arrested last week for stabbing her father is now charged with murder.

Geri Lin Oswald, 22, is facing a murder charge after her father Gerald Oswald died after being stabbed June 8.

Reports show Geri Oswald stabbed him multiple times in the upper body with a large kitchen knife at their home in the 200 block of Bailey Island Circle.

Carjacking suspected wanted

West Columbia police are looking for the suspect in a June 9 carjacking incident.

A 68-year-old victim was assisting the suspect while at the 2500 block of Augusta Road in West Columbia. The suspect, a male wearing the striped shirt in the video, jumped into the victim’s black Ford Explorer and stole the vehicle.

The victim then jumped onto his SUV to stop the suspect and was thrown from the vehicle during the incident.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect or the location of the stolen vehicle is asked to call the West Columbia Police Department at 803-794-0721 or www.CrimeSC.com and clicking “Submit a Tip”.

Women suspected of vandalism at Riverwalk

Yasmin Kasongo Mwamba, 26, and Deeaira Golda Kraus, 24, both of Columbia, were arrested and charged with Malicious Injury to Real Property and Public Disorderly Conduct.

The incident happened June 8 on the Blossom Street Bridge area of the Riverwalk Park, according to and arrest warrant.

Kraus and Mwamba were stopped by police because they both matched the description of 2 people that were painting graffiti on a mural in the area, according to the warrant.

During the Monday incident, both suspects were uncooperative and verbally aggressive towards officers, stating they were part of “a revolution” and telling the officers that they were “going down.”

Former Lexington County deputy arrested

State Law Enforcement Division agents arrested a former Lexington County deputy Friday in connection to contraband inside the Lexington County Detention Center.

Bethany Brooke Harsey, 27, is charged with furnishing contraband to a county prisoner, according to an arrest warrant.

The warrant said Harsey gave an inmate contraband while she worked jail shifts between December 2019 and March 2020. Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon terminated Harsey March 27, 2 days after he asked SLED to investigate her actions.

Harsey, a Lugoff resident, turned herself in Friday morning. She was booked into the Lexington County Detention Center and released on a personal recognizance bond.

Child injured in home hit by SUV

Emergency crews responded to a vehicle versus building call in the 500 block of Chisholm Way Friday morning.

The individual driving left the roadway and collided with the home. A child playing in the living room of the home was struck by the vehicle. He was treated by Lexington County EMS and transported to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Lexington man arrested for vandalism

The Cayce Department of Public Safety arrested 22 year-old Noah B. Goering of Lexington for malicious injury to real property for a vandalism incident that occurred May 9 at the Cayce Riverwalk Park.

Goering turned himself in to law enforcement and was taken to the Lexington County Detention Center to await a bond hearing.

Goering is accused of spray painting the sidewalks of the Riverwalk with stars, arrows and symbols, said City spokesperson Ashley Hunter.

Hunter said there was no indication of any symbolism of the spray paintings.