(Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in an investigation into a boat that was stolen at the end of 2025.   On December 30 th  of last year, a Deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau spoke with the victim in reference to a boat that was stolen from a storage lot at the intersection of S. Friendship Road and Tavies Lane, which is located in the Friendship Community near Seneca.       The boat is a 2020

Cooper Bryant Crawford Cooper Bryant Crawford (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to seek the public’s help today in locating a missing teenager.  The Sheriff’s Office issued a news release on the missing teen last Friday, January 2 nd .    16 year old Cooper Bryant Crawford was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office last Friday morning by a family member after leaving his home on West-Oak Highway near Townvill

Cooper Bryant Crawford Cooper Bryant Crawford (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing teenager.   16 year old Cooper Bryant Crawford was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office this morning by a family member.  Cooper reportedly left his home on West-Oak Highway near Townville overnight.  At this time, Cooper’s direction of travel is unknown and his clothing description is

Lloyd Scott Wensel Jeda Marie Ruth Woodard (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Westminster man remains in jail today, pending a bond hearing, after his arrest late Tuesday evening on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine as a result of a traffic stop.   42 year old Lloyd Scott Wensel, of West-Oak Highway, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 11:37pm yesterday.  Wensel was also charged with one count of Driving under Suspension.  

Joe Navarro, III (Walhalla, SC)---------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing today an additional arrest in the current Oconee County Sheriff’s Office drug round-up.  The Sheriff’s Office began the operation with a meeting and briefing at 8:30am on Wednesday, October 1 st .          The Sheriff’s Office obtained 35 arrest warrants on 23 persons.  The arrest warrants were obtained based on controlled purchases of narcotics by undercover opera

(Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Oconee County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in a death investigation after a 50 year old Seneca man body was recovered from the waters of Lake Hartwell late yesterday afternoon.    Coroner Karl Addis has identified the decedent as Douglas John Olin Edmond, Jr.  Mr. Edmond, Jr. was officially reported missing on Sunday to the Sheriff’

Robert Joseph Wilbanks (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Westminster man remains in jail today, on a $75,000 surety bond, after his arrest last week on a charge of Trafficking in Fentanyl.   23 year old Robert Joseph Wilbanks, of John Smith Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 1:08am last Thursday, December 25 th .    Last Wednesday evening, December 24 th , a Deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau, who was on patrol in Walhalla

Jesse Rene Pace (Walhalla, SC)-----------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster woman earlier this morning on an outstanding arrest warrant on charges of Trafficking in Fentanyl.    30 year old Jesse Rene Pace, of Dean Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 2:12am today.  Pace was taken into custody after Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Bureau responded to a disturbance call overnight on S. Bibb Street in

Russell James Brown, Jr. (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------An Easley man remains in jail today after his arrest this week on drug trafficking and property crime charges.   34 year old Russell James Brown, Jr, of W. 4 th  Avenue, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 7:49am Wednesday on a Temporary Custody Order.  The Sheriff’s Office obtained arrest warrants against Brown, Jr. on charges of Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Grand Larce