The county illegally to work in his mexican restaurant. He testified that he paid the former sheriff to help employees avoid being processed at the county jail. Leon got probation and a fine but no jail time because prosecutors said he was helpful in the prosecution. He is being held at the lexington county detention center. Back to you. Chuck, thank you so much. Also making headlines, Police Say Two of their officers have been cleared after a investigation into a Fatal Shooting. The shooting came as police were trying to arrest 21 year old bryant for having a bag of marijuana november 17. Today the Department Released dash cam video of the shooting and what led to bryants death. You forget you had that . Did you . Of weed but its still the fact that you got weed there. Put your hands behind your back for me. Dont tense up. Put your hands behind your back. You are tensing up. Listen to me. I am trying to explain this to you. Listen to me. Listen to me. This is a little misdemeanor, jus
To dhec leaders straight ahead three lexington county deputies expected to be okay after they were involved in it car crash. The Kershaw County sheriff speaks on behalf of a murder suspect at his bond hearing. Hear what he had to say. And if you are waking up with a cold, we have the best food to help you sure that. News 19 starts now. Good morning and thanks for waking up with us here on news it is february 18. 6 02 a. M. , and we will start with the new information. The Highway Patrol continues to investigate an accident involving to Law Enforcement vehicles. We are told that to lexington sheriffs vehicles hit each other around 9 00 9 00 p. M. Last night as they were responding to a call. Three deputies were taken to the hospital come up but are expected to be okay this morning. No word on what led to the accident. A latenight fire these two elderly people homeless. It happened near the intersection of Redwood Court and carlton drive. You can see the flames coming from the house. The
Expect bring later on today. Hour by hour we have light rainfall as a predicate up to 62 degrees but 11 00. From lunch time and on we are looking at light to moderate rainfall and we are looking at a high of 67 degrees this afternoon and the heavy rain how potential will continue right into the afternoon and early evening with 61 degrees by 6 00. As far as the roadways we are getting ready to head out the door with the roads been dry for the most part. The lefthand side with the eastbound lanes as were headed toward i20 with no accidents reported throughout our roads. If you are traveling from harbison boulevard and i26 to downtown you are looking at an eight minute commute. From blythewood to i77 it is about a 14 minute commute. Lets look at the sevenday forecast and when the rain will minutes. Lets talk about the president ial campaign this morning Dublin Jerome and Hillary Clinton has momentum donald trump and Hillary Clinton has momentum. While republican president ial candidates a
Stagreen fertilizer, at lowes. Coming up on news19 this morning. Severe storms are expected to make their way into the palmetto state later this morning. Meteoroligst efefn afante will have your full weather forecast. 3 plus. Sumter county continues to grow. Hear what Officials Say they have planned for the countys future. 3 and litle ceasars pizza is offering a free lunch. The details on where their love kitchen will be today. News19 this morning starts right now. 3 3 at least 3 people are dead after severe storms rolled through the south bringing with them tornadoes. Now those storms could impact us here in the palmetto state. Good morning and thanks for joining us on news19 this morning. Im deon guilloryand of that Severe Weather it might be a good idea to go out and buy a Weather Radio. 3 today news19 is hosting Weather Radio expo. It is from 8am 8pm, at the kroger located at the corner of two notch and sparkleberry in northeast columbia. You will be able to buy a new Weather Radio
Today. Good morning efren. 3 3 chat 3 3 3 former president bill clinton will be on the campaign trail today and tomorrow for his wife. Hes expected to travel to to rock hill, spartanburg and winnsboromeanwhile last night Hillary Clinton was campaigning across the midlands. She had an event in sumter. And before that, she spoke to supporters at the Brookland Baptist Church Conference center in west columbia. News19s jr berry talked to the former first lady on a number of topics. Including the possibility of guantanomo bay detainess being sent to South Carolina. And if shes concerned at all about constant questions about her emails and benghazi. She didnt talk about the emails. But did tell us she didnt think benghazi would be an issue. States 3 tomorrow, bill clinton will be in to aiken and bluffton for the campaign. 3 Bernie Sanders will be campaigning in oklahoma today yesterday he was in columbia speaking at an event about the poverty rate in our country. He attributed the increase i