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Lexington County Sheriff

Sheriff: Man forced teenage girls into sex acts in exchange for vaping devices

2024-09-10
By: John Griggs
On: September 10, 2024
In: Public Safety

  LEXINGTON, S.C. – Lexington County deputies have arrested a Little Mountain man accused of sexual activity with teen girls he lured to meet him with promises of vaping devices.   Trevor Grant Oty, 20, is charged with two counts of solicitation of a minor, and one count of second-degreeContinue Reading

Lexington County teen charged under new ‘Gavin’s Law’

2023-10-03
By: John Griggs
On: October 3, 2023
In: Public Safety

Lexington County deputies have, for the first time, brought forth a charge under “Gavin’s Law,” a law passed this year to combat sexual extortion. Deputies have charged a 14-year-old male from Chapin with sexual extortion for his role in threatening to release doctored nude images associated with a female classmate,Continue Reading

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