September 19, 2025
Anderson S.C. — An Anderson woman is headed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections after entering a guilty plea Thursday morning at the Anderson County Courthouse, announced Solicitor Micah Black.
Chianna Leshae Burgos, 23, pled guilty as charged to Kidnapping and Armed Robbery, and Circuit Judge R. Lawton McIntosh handed down a 15-year sentence. Kidnapping and Armed Robbery are all classified as violent and most serious, and are considered “no-parole” offenses, meaning Burgos must serve 85 percent of the sentence before being released.
On January 31, 2024, Deputies with the Anderson County Sheriff Office responded to the QuikTrip Gas Station on Pearman Dairy Road in Anderson and found the victim lying on the ground bound with electrical tape around his legs and bleeding from his arm. Subsequent investigation determined that Burgos, her co-defendant Donovan Williford (who pled previously to a 20-year sentence), and another co-defendant orchestrated a plan to lure the victim to an address where he was later beaten and robbed. The co-defendants then transported the victim to the QuikTrip to attempt to use his debit card at an ATM machine. While Burgos was inside the QuikTrip attempting to use the victims debit card to steal money, the victim was able to free himself and attempted to escape. He was able to eventually escape but not before being shot in the arm after struggling with Williford over a firearm while he was still inside the vehicle. After this altercation, Burgos immediately ran out of the gas station, jumped back inside the vehicle with her co-defendant, and fled the scene.
Solicitor Micah Black prosecuted the case for the State with the assistance of Victim Advocate Merri Parker. He praised the work of Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies for their swift action at the QuikTrip, as well as their investigation and apprehension of the suspects in the case. Lead investigator Jessica Jefferson, along with other officers, were able to secure the crime scene, follow up with leads, and ultimately secure the arrest that led to the conviction of the Defendant in this case.
“This was a coordinated effort between co-defendants to rob and steal and these individuals were willing to go to extreme lengths to carry out their plan,” said Solicitor Black. “The job law enforcement did to quickly arrive on scene, tend to the victim, and secure the evidence necessary to convict this defendant cannot be undersold. Anderson County is safer today and my prayer is that the victim can continue moving forward with his life with this defendant behind bars for a significant amount of time.”