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Dead-Beat Dad Arrested |
 Lexington County Sheriff’s Department fugitive investigators on Friday, November 6 arrested a 32-year-old Pelion man who was wanted on two family court bench warrants that were issued after the man did not make court-ordered child support payments totaling more than $11,000 in Lexington County.
Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said investigators arrested Keith Randall-Ray Sims, 32, of 165 Tindal Road, Pelion. Sims was being held on Friday at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a hearing in family court to resolve his Lexington County child support cases.
Investigators arrested Sims at 4:05 p.m. on Friday at Sims’ home, Metts said. Investigators found Sims in the home’s front yard.
So far this year, Lexington County sheriff’s fugitive investigators have arrested 97 habitual offenders who did not make a combined total of more than $2.5 million in court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County, Metts said.
Lexington County Clerk of Court Beth Carrigg said a family court judge issued two bench warrants for Sims’ arrest on October 26 after Sims failed to appear in court for hearings on his two Lexington County child support cases. Sims has not made a combined total of $11,676 in court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County.
So far this year, fugitive investigators have served more than 481 family court bench warrants on dead-beat parents who have not made court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County, Metts said. In 2008, investigators served 668 family court bench warrants on persons who did not make court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County.
Non-custodial parents who owe court-ordered child support payments in Lexington County can make arrangements to resolve family court bench warrants that have been issued for their arrests by calling the Clerk of Court’s Office at (803) 785-1196, Carrigg said.
Non-custodial parents who are wanted on family court bench warrants also can surrender at the Lexington County James R. Metts Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington, Metts said.
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