Lexington, SC – A Lexington County man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 murder of Tony Etheredge Jr. in Leesville, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Allon T. Adams, 24, of Leesville, was convicted of murder, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Judge Walton J. McLeod IV handed down the sentence on Friday, November 21, following a four-day trial that concluded with a guilty verdict after just 43 minutes of jury deliberation.
According to Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard, Adams and a female accomplice planned to rob Etheredge and steal his 2014 Toyota Tacoma truck on December 30, 2023. Etheredge was shot and killed in a remote area off Parrish Road after being lured to the location. His body was later disposed of in Black Creek near Pelion…