Scott Lamar Price
(Walhalla, SC)---------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing today an additional arrest in the first drug round-up of 2023.
The Sheriff’s Office began the operation with a meeting and briefing at 8:30am on Tuesday, February 7th, at the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla.
The Sheriff’s Office obtained arrest warrants on 22 subjects. The arrest warrants were obtained based on controlled purchases of narcotics by undercover operatives working at the direction of the Sheriff’s Office. Among the narcotics purchased during the controlled buys were Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Marijuana, Methamphetamine, and Prescription Medication.
As of 10am today, 18 subjects had been arrested so far and/or were already in jail and will or have been served their warrants. Here is the name of the additional subject arrested:
· Scott Lamar Price
52 years old
Walhalla, SC
Trafficking in Methamphetamine – 2 counts
Price was arrested yesterday afternoon, by deputies from the Warrants Bureau, during a Warrants Service at an address on Westminster Highway near Walhalla.
Price was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 3:49pm. At this time,
Price remains in jail on a combined $75,000 surety bond.
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating the remainder of those who are wanted in our ongoing round-up.Anyone with any information can leave a tip with Crimestoppers online at www.oconeesccrimestoppers.com.You don’t have to give your name when you contact Crimestoppers and all information provided is confidential.If your tip leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward. The names of the remaining suspects are as follows:
Alison Moore Bugg
34 years old
Walhalla, SC
Distribution of Methamphetamine – 1 count
Sarah Kathleen Collingsworth
35 years old
Seneca, SC
Distribution of Methamphetamine – 2 counts
Distribution of Fentanyl – 1 count
Lee Roy Witt
48 years old
Westminster, SC
Distribution of Methamphetamine – 1 count
Trafficking in Methamphetamine – 1 count
Levarick Shawntauius Ware
34 years old
Central, SC
Trafficking in Methamphetamine – 1 count