Lexington man sentenced to 15 years for drugging and assaulting a minor he met on Snapchat

A Lexington man pleaded guilty last week to burglary and assault of a 14-year-old. Timothy Michael Jones Jr. was sentenced to 15 years for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree and burglary in the third degree. The two cases are unrelated, according to a statement from the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Judge Debra McCaslin sentenced him to 15 years in prison for the assault and five years for the burglary. The sentences will run concurrently, meaning Jones will serve a maximum of 15 years. Under South Carolina law, the assault charge is considered a violent, “no parole crime.” Jones does not appear to be related to Timothy Jones, Jr. who is currently on South Carolina’s death row for killing his five children in Lexington County in 2014. In April 2021, Jones, 33, interacted with a 14-year-old girl via Snapchat. The girl spent the night with her boyfriend, according to the prosecutors’ statement. Jones met the minors and took them to the Red Bank area of ​​Lexington County, where he gave them a “cocktail of three illegal drugs,” the statement said. Jones then assaulted one of the girls before taking them home, the attorney’s office said. The girl’s parents contacted…
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