South Carolina

Various SC Court Judges Multiple SC Judges (Pending Full Identification)

Lexington / Richland County Courts

Case on record: 1
Ended in a killing: 1
Prior arrests across these defendants: 39

Background

Alexander Dickey accumulated 39 arrests over more than a decade, including 25 felonies, and was sentenced to probation at least five times. Each release was a judicial decision; missing fingerprints, incomplete charging documents, and lenient pleas left him free to escalate. SC Attorney General Alan Wilson and Solicitor are publicly clashing over the case; lawmakers including Rep. Ralph Norman have called for impeachment of the responsible solicitor.

Cases on record

days after release

Murder in Columbia, South Carolina

Logan Federico, 22

Released April 1, 2025. Terms: Multiple probation sentences and pretrial releases over a decade.

Dickey killed Logan Federico in a random attack in Columbia, SC on May 3 2025. He was already on probation and had been arrested 39 times — 25 of those felonies — in the prior decade. His criminal history included a litany of missing fingerprints, incomplete charging documents, and lenient pleas. Bond was denied in Lexington County after the killing. Rep. Ralph Norman demanded SLED records and called for impeachment of the responsible solicitor.