What you need to know about the Logan Federico case. A new law has been proposed
A new law — introduced in Congress — in honor of a woman murdered in Columbia is set to be unveiled Wednesday, according to news release from U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham.
Graham and U.S. Congressman Russell Fry are set to hold a news conference in Myrtle Beach at 2:30 p.m. to discuss “Logan’s Law,” after the murder of Logan Federico last May. The law aims to address gaps in the exchange of criminal history reports between law enforcement agencies and courts, according to a news release.
It comes after the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department came under fire when it was discovered that a documentation failure had occurred regarding Federico’s killer — Alexander Dickey — criminal history.
FULL STORY: Did error by Lexington jail allow Federico killer to be free at time of murder?
Here are key takeaways:
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department failed to re-enter Dickey’s fingerprints after he was served with additional charges while incarcerated at the Lexington County Detention Center.
- Dickey was arrested for grand larceny on Aug. 14, 2014, and was later charged with seven additional counts of burglary and larceny while still in custody — none of which were ever attached to his rap sheet.
- According to Keel, criminal charges can only be added to a person’s record after fingerprints are submitted to SLED following each charge, including charges filed during incarceration.
- The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said it was “unable to determine if [Dickey’s] prints were taken at the time of those additional in-custody bookings in 2014.”
- The department did not account for the oversight, saying the error could have been caused by a human or a machine.
- The accusations surfaced after an exchange between Congressman Ralph Norman and Keel, in which Norman suggested SLED was responsible for Dickey being free at the time of Federico’s killing.
- The sheriff’s department says it is now working with SLED and prosecutors to ensure Dickey’s 11 bookings at the detention center are accurate. Current Sheriff Jay Koon assumed the post in 2015, after the alleged error occurred.
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Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the time of the press conference. (Updated May 6 at 10:45 a.m.)
This story was originally published May 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM with the headline "What you need to know about the Logan Federico case. A new law has been proposed."
