Alexander Dickey, 30, is led into the Columbia Municipal Court on May 13, 2025, to hear if his bond will be set, following his charges for killed a 22-year-old college student earlier this month.

COLUMBIA — The man accused of killing a 22-year-old college student during a break-in at a home near downtown earlier this month will remain behind bars after a court hearing on May 13.

Alexander Dickey is facing more than a dozen charges — including murder — in the shooting death of Logan Federico. During a hearing in Columbia Municipal Court, Judge Bryan Jeffries refused to set bail due to the nature of his charges.

It will instead be determined in General Sessions court.

When Dickey was brought into the courtroom, he was faced with the sight of Federico’s family in the front row, dressed in matching pink. Federico’s father — Stephen Federico — started trembling.

Stephen Federico called for "swift justice" for his daughter, in a press conference after the hearing on May 13, 2025.

“When he first walked in, I got very emotional,” Stephen Federico said in a press conference shortly after the hearing. “And then my daughter’s face set in front of my eyes ... we said this today: ‘Logan Strong.’ That’s what we’re going with.”

Alexander Dickey, 30, appeared in Columbia Municipal Court on May 13, 2025, where he was arraigned on more than a dozen charges, including the killing of 22-year-old Logan Federico.

As he was escorted out of the courtroom by police after the hearing ended, Dickey murmured, “Alright, I’ll go back to the jail.”

Dickey, 30, was arrested May 4 after what police described as a “four-day crime spree” through three counties that ended after he set a home on fire in Lexington County. He is also facing charges of burglary, grand larceny, financial transaction card theft and weapons offenses.

Police said that Federico, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, was a random victim caught in the crime spree. She was visiting friends in Columbia the weekend of May 3, and that morning police say Dickey broke into a home on Cypress Street where she was staying.

He stole several items including credit cards, and then entered another room and shot Federico in the chest.

“Logan was a true victim, and she was a helpless victim, and she was not an intended target,” Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said in a May 5 press conference announcing Dickey’s arrest.

Columbia attorney Dick Harpootlian appeared with the family at the May 13 hearing. Asked about his involvement in the case, he said the family has sought his advice on their legal rights as victims.

“The only role I’ll play is to advise them on what their options are and advocate for them, especially with the solicitor’s office," he said.

Dick Harpootlian, far right, stood with the Logan Federico's family on May 13, 2025. Harpootlian said he will be advising the family on their "victim's rights."

After the hearing, Harpootlian said they were heading straight to a meeting with the solicitor to ask him to seek the death penalty for Dickey.

“As someone who has prosecuted death penalty cases in this county, and acquired the death penalty from a Richland County jury on two occasions, I think this case begs for the ultimate punishment,” Harpootlian said.

Stephen Federico said funeral services for his daughter will be held on May 15, in their hometown of Waxhaw.