Man, Teen Accused of Stealing Electronics, Jewelry from Lexington Home

Deputies arrested a 20-year-old Lexington man Tuesday on charges that he and a 16-year-old broke into a house on Peak View Road near Lexington.

Tayon Maurice Young, 20, is charged with first-degree burglary, grand larceny and criminal conspiracy.

Deputies will recommend that the 16-yer-old boy be prosecuted as a juvenile in family court on charges of second-degree burglary, grand larceny and criminal conspiracy, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. The boy's name was not released because he is a minor.

Deputies say Young and the 16-year-old broke into the house Sunday afternoon and stole two Nintendo Wii video game systems, two laptop computers, one pink and purple cheetah-print draw-string bag that contained gold jewelry, one DVD player and two backpacks, according to the sheriff's department.

Deputies later found a black bookbag with the pink and purple cheetah-print draw-string bag containing gold jewelry at the 16-year-old boy's house.

The boy is being housed at a pre-trial detention facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice. 

Young was being held on Tuesday at the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing, Sheriff James R. Metts said. Under South Carolina law, a circuit judge has to conduct a bond hearing for Young in general sessions court because first-degree burglary is a felony that carries a maximum punishment of life in prison.

The 11th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office has not yet scheduled a bond hearing for Young because he has prior convictions for burglary.

Metts asked anyone with information about additional criminal activity involving Young or the 16-year-old boy to contact the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department at 803-785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.