Photo Gallery | Sheriff promotes two deputies

Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts promoted one Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputy to serve as the assistant supervisor of a road patrol shift and one deputy to serve as a school resource officer and instructor for a public safety and criminal justice class at Batesburg-Leesville High School.

Metts promoted William Wentz “Bill” Bruner, 25, of Leesville to the rank of master deputy and assigned Bruner to serve as the assistant supervisor of a road patrol shift in the North Region Patrol District, which is based near Irmo. Bruner previously served as a deputy on a road patrol shift in the North Region Patrol District. On October 31, 2011, Metts appointed Bruner to serve as a deputy.

Metts promoted Devon Baird Hughes, 44, of West Columbia, to serve as a school resource officer and instructor for a public safety and criminal justice class at Batesburg-Leesville High. Lexington County School District 3 contracted with the Sheriff’s Department to conduct a public safety and criminal justice class for students at Batesburg-Leesville High.

Hughes previously served as a school resource officer at Chapin High School, Metts said. On April 21, 1997, Metts appointed Hughes to serve as a deputy.