Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The company is looking for full-time employees to gather, pack and ship orders.
Online retailer Amazon is hiring hundreds of full-time workers at its distribution center in West Columbia, the company announced Wednesday. More than 500 fulfillment assoicates are being hired, according to a post on the Greater Lexington Chamber blog. Check out other businesses that are hiring in the Midlands. Fulfillment associates gather, pack and ship customer orders, according to the job description on the company's website. The job can require shifts of up to 12 hours. The pay starts at $11 per hour. Amazon's last hiring spree at the West Columbia distribution center was in July 2012 when the second half of the 1.2 million-square-foot building was completed. Amazon agreed to reach 2,000 employees by Dec. 31 as part of a sales tax…
Friday, April 19, 2013
John Christopher Hart, 24, was arrested Thursday in New York.
A 24-year-old Columbia man wanted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a woman in West Columbia was arrested Thursday in Rome, New York. John Christopher Hart is being held at the Oneida County Correctional Facility in Oriskany, N.Y. awaiting an extradition hearing to determine when he will be returned to Lexington County to face the murder charge, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. Deputies say Hart traveled to Rome after shooting 43-year-old Paual Denise Justice in the upper torso on April 10 on Lumberjack Drive in West Columbia. Another man, 20-year-old Tevin Xavier Deloach, was arrested earlier this week and also charged with murder in connection with the shooting. Deputies say Deloach drove Hart to …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Deputies arrested a 20-year-old Columbia man who they believe was involved in the shooting.
Detectives arrested a 20-year-old Columbia man Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 43-year-old woman in West Columbia last week. Tevin Xavier Deloach of Manor View Court is charged with murder, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. Detectives say Deloach was with 24-year-old John Christopher Hart when he shot and killed Paula Denise Justice on Lumberjack Drive in West Columbia last week. Deputies are still searching for Hart, who is wanted on a murder charge. Justice had arranged to meet with Hart, who was an acquaintance, around 10:15 p.m. last Wednesday, detectives say. Deloach drove Hart in a 1993 Lincoln Town Car to pick up Justice, according to the sheriff's department. Deloach then drove them to …
Monday, April 15, 2013
A 43-year-old woman was shot on Lumberjack Road last week.
Investigators are searching for a 24-year-old Columbia man who detectives say shot and killed a 43-year-old woman in West Columbia. Christopher Hart of Pine Shadow Court in Columbia is wanted on a murder charge, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. Detectives say Hart shot and killed Paula Denise Justice around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday on Lumberjack Drive. Justice had arranged to meet with Hart, who was an acquaintance, around 10:15 p.m., detectives say. Hart is 5-foot-11 and weighs 155 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Two men who were repossessing a car in the area heard a gunshot and found Justice minutes later lying severely injured in the road, according to the sheriff's department. Anyone with information …
Friday, April 12, 2013
The 43-year-old woman was Paula D. Justice, according to the coroner's office.
The woman who was shot and killed Wednesday in West Columbia was 43-year-old Paula D. Justice, according to the Lexington County Coroner's Office. Justice died within minutes of being shot in the upper torso, according to the coroner's office. The coroner ruled her death a homicide. Two men who were repossessing a car in the area saw Justice lying severely injured on Lumberjack Drive around 11:15 p.m. and reported the incident, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. When EMS arrived, she was still alive. She was transported to Lexington Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead. Justice did not have a permanent address, according to the coroner's office. The Lexington County Sheriff's Department is investigating …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The West Metro Chamber is asking residents for donations for local charities.
The West Metro Chamber of Commerce is asking Midlands residents to do some spring cleaning for charity. Six local charities are looking for gently-used or new items. The chamber is holding an event Friday where residents can drop off those items. The event benefits Lexington Interfaith Community Services (LICS), Harvest Hope Food Bank, the Dickerson Center for Children, The Chris Myers' Children's Place, the Cayce Public Safety Foundation and the Babcock Center. See what the charities need on the West Metro Chamber website. Items can be dropped off between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1500 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. Anyone who makes a donation gets a free hot dog from Home Concepts Too, free shredding from …
A 32-year-old man is in jail on charges of manufacturing marijuana and intent to distribute.
Officers arrested a West Columbia man Wednesday who they say was growing marijuana at his home on Rainbow Circle using a sophisticated system with electrical lighting, ventilation and climate control systems for the plants. Theodore James Prosalenti, 32, of 566 Rainbow Circle is charged with manufacturing marijuana and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. After two months of an undercover investigation, officers with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at Prosalenti's home Wednesday. The officers seized 73 marijuana plants, dried marijuana that was stored in mason jars in preparation for selling and one 9-mm …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
The three men were arrested after the Lexington County Sheriff's Department conducted an investigation.
Deputies arrested three former Amazon employees who they say were involved in a theft ring and stole iPods and iPhones from the distribution center where they worked in West Columbia. Willie Gerard Green, 32, of Berryhill Road in Columbia and Jamie Dewayne Harrington, 29, of Kingston Trace Road in Columbia are each charged with receiving stolen goods, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. Brandon Kelvontae Simmons, 21, of Reddick Road in Bishopville is charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent. According to arrest warrants, Simmons stole two iPhone 5s worth $1,456 from the inventory area at the distribution center on Jan. 17. Deputies say Simmons and Harrington conspired to take the iPhones and that Harrington …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Eric Reyes, a Mexican-American from Aiken, says Taco Cid's "How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant" shirts are offensive to people of Mexican descent and to other American citizens.
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Friday, January 11
To whom it may concern, I write this letter not in anger but in disbelief, in disbelief that hundreds of Americans have supported Taco Cid’s “How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant” t-shirts. According to Taco Cid, the purpose their shirt is to express their views on illegal immigration. However, their shirts have served more than one purpose. Taco Cid’s shirts have offended thousands of individuals of Mexican descent - individuals who pay taxes, individuals who were born and raised in the United States, individuals who cherish their culture and background just as much as any other American. According to Taco Cid’s owner, the shirt’s purpose is to express her anti-illegal immigration views with humor. The shirt’s humor is only amusing to those …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Ivan Segura of the Council of Mexicans in the Carolinas says the t-shirts are "racist and discriminatory," but that the focus should be on immigration reform.
The Council of Mexicans in the Carolinas says a West Columbia Mexican restaurant's "How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant" t-shirts are "racist and discriminatory," according to a report in the Free Times. Controversy over Taco Cid's anit-illegal immigrant shirts has been raging since the story went national earlier this week. The restaurant posted a statement on its website defending the shirts, saying that they were meant to be "witty and comical." But Ivan Segura, president of the Council of Mexicans in the Carolinas, says the shirts are highly offensive. "There's nothing funny about a t-shirt that exploits sensitive stereotypes and uses a language that is offensive for a large segement of our community," Segura wrote in a letter. But …
An American of Mexican Descent
2:52 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Gonna make a point of visiting, eating, and buying a t-shirt at Taco Cid if I'm ever in West Columbia! more ›