Posted on 05/19/2019 7:23:10 AM PDT by Gamecock
A Lexington woman and a Columbia man have been charged and declared co-defendants in connection with a home invasion that led to the shooting death of a child.
Linda Lyn Monette, 23, who was in the home at the time of the crime, is charged with murder, attempted murder, criminal conspiracy, burglary and armed robbery, according to arrest warrants. Monette was previously charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and obstruction of justice in connection with the incident.
Reynerio Rafael Romero Jr., 24, is charged with being an accessory to murder before the fact and criminal conspiracy, according to warrants.
“Over the course of our investigation, we’ve gathered information indicating Monette actively conspired with Romero to plan and carry out the armed robbery in the 100 block of Cedar Vale Drive,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “The plan was for someone to burglarize the home and take several pounds of marijuana, which was known to be in the residence.”
Romero and Monette are being held in the Lexington County Detention Center, according to Koon.
“Multiple detectives are still hard at work on this case as we seek to identify and locate another co-defendant,” Koon said. “This was not a random act and it will take us some time to sort out who knew and did what.”
Koon said tipsters can remain anonymous when they share information by calling Crimestoppers at 888-Crime-SC, logging onto www.midlandscrimestoppers.com and clicking on the "Submit a tip" tab, or by downloading the P3 Tips app for their Apple or Android device.
“The plan was for someone to burglarize the home and take several pounds of marijuana, which was known to be in the residence.”
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One life pro tip I have heard:
Don’t want to be the victim of violent crime? Stay away from drugs.
I bet the white girl was a ####ing angel before she started dating the corrupting black/hispanic guy /s :)
#### her and him.
Animals are animals, whatever color.
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “The plan was for someone to burglarize the home and take several pounds of marijuana, which was known to be in the residence.”
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BOTH these perps have the standard look of “dead eyes” and a complete lack of a conscience. Hopefully the investigators will soon find out the identities of the “contracted” home invaders.
Ping?
Yep - and if you can’t do that, don’t deal drugs as it gets you in touch with the scum of the earth (of course, drug dealers with children present are also scum of the earth)...
I typically don’t ping ‘chat’ articles. Have gotten complaints from some on the ping list.
A child dies because two deadbeats are trying to make a quick buck.
First hand report from the Sheriff’s Department is a “chat?”
Alrighty.
Don’t want to be the victim of violent crime? Stay away from drugs.
A former student of mine was involved in a drug crime many years ago. Basically, he and his friends tried to steal some pot from someone they knew had some. By the time they were finished, three people in the home were dead, the teen dealer, his mom and his retarded brother.
One of the bunch got the needle, and the other two (including my former student) got 45 years—15 for each death. I’ve recently heard that the former student is out now—hopefully he’s turned his life around.
I was referring to the forum the article was posted in.
Corrected it. It's the illegality of a drug that both drives up its market value and denies its owners the protections of property law, which are incentives to attempted theft. AFAIK this doesn't happen with the legal drug alcohol, nor to licensed pot shops in legalizing states.
Wait ten years.
Got it.
Wait ten years for what?
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