Lexington County man sentenced to 30 years in prison for burglary, armed robbery
On Jan. 24, Kaleb Thomas Besancon pled guilty to armed robbery and one count of burglary second degree violence.
Photo: Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– A 19-year-old has pled guilty in Lexington County after his connection to two separate cases, said the Solicitor’s Office.
On Jan. 24, Kaleb Thomas Besancon pled guilty to armed robbery and one count of burglary.
Besancon was sentenced to 20 years for armed robbery and 10 years for burglary by Circuit Court Judge William P. Keesley.
Detectives say on November 13, 2022, Besancon entered the Circle K located on Augusta Highway in the West Columbia area of Lexington County wearing a mask and armed with a firearm.
He is accused of stealing money from the cash register and vape pens while pointing a gun at the cashier.
A Lexington County deputy says when he was arrested the stolen money, vape pens, and a fully-loaded firearm were found.
After he was arrested, the magistrate set a surety bond and Besancon was able to post his bond on February 15, 2023.
Investigators say while out on bond Besancon and two co-defendants broke into an occupied Lexington area home while wearing masks and armed with firearms shortly after midnight.
The incident was captured on the victim’s doorbell camera on June 5, 2023.
While deputies were still at the scene of the crime, a Dodge Charger believed to be the vehicle the suspects left in returned to the area.
So deputies say they attempted a traffic stop but the Dodge Charger left the scene at a high rate of speed.
Later deputies say they were notified of a high-velocity collision involving the vehicle and when they arrived to the scene with the assistance of a K9 unit Besancon and his co-defendants were found hiding in the woods and recovered one firearm.
Besancon’s bond was revoked during an emergency bond revocation hearing.
Besancon will be taken to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to serve his sentence.
