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Richland County Sheriff's Office

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Sheriff: Family Friend Arrested in Missing Gabrielle Swainson Case

The sheriff will discuss the update of the case at a press conference at 10 a.m.

Update (10:15 a.m.): A family friend of Gabrielle Swainson is in jail on kidnapping charges, and more than 100 sheriff's deputies and FBI officers are combing an area that includes a junkyard across from his house in Elgin. But Gabrielle Swainson has not been found, according to an update this morning from Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott. According to Lott, Freddie Grant, 52, was cutting the grass at the home of Gabbiee, a 15-year-old Ridge View High School student, on the morning she went missing. Cell phone records led deputies to Grant's Elgin home, where they found her DNA and blood on a piece of duct tape. Grant was the boyfriend of Swainson's mother, according to an arrest warrant, but Sheriff Lott wouldn't elaborate on Grant's …

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Swainson Update: 'As You Go to Church, Say a Special Prayer for Gabbiee' (in Northeast Columbia Patch), Day 11: Prayer Services Held Daily for Gabrielle Swainson (in Columbia Patch), and Photos: FBI, Sheriff's Deputies Search for Gabbiee Swainson

Alli_U2

4:10 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Were coming for you, Gabbee. Stay strong, still praying for you and your family.   more ›

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Identity of Lexington Guardsman Killed in Afghanistan Released

Lexington High School graduate Spc. John David Meador II, 36, of Columbia was among three soldiers killed in Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan, when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber.

The identity of a second Columbia guardsman killed in Afghanistan was released Thursday afternoon by the South Carolina Army National Guard. Spc. John David "JD" Meador II, 36, of Columbia was killed in Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan, when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber. According to Meador's Facebook page, he is a 1994 graduate of Lexington High School and is the owner of Southeast Woodworks. In addition to Meador, 1st. Lt. Ryan Rawl, a deputy with Richland County Sheriff's Office, and Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Thomas of Easley were killed in the attack. "These men died serving their country and I want to expresses my deepest sympathy and condolences to their families, who are the unsung heroes of our war effort," said …

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UPDATE: Richland County Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Afghanistan and UPDATE: Easley Soldier's Funeral Will Be Sunday (in Easley Patch)

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Chris Winston

10:21 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012

J.D. was a year behind me in school at Lexington. I covered his state title in 1993 for the Dispatch-News. I didn't know him well, but several friends I spoke with today described him as fun, the class clown, a great personality. Tragic to see two LHS grads lost in the same week.   more ›

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