Rachel Marie Foster (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Westminster woman remains in jail today after her arrest yesterday on multiple charges related to an ongoing domestic disturbance investigation.   Bond was denied on charges of Kidnapping, Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature and Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime against 36 year old Rachel Marie Foster of Westminster.  Foster will appear before a Circuit Court Judge

John Justin Casey Ward (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Westminster man remains in jail today after his arrest yesterday on multiple charges in relation to a domestic disturbance investigation and a pursuit that crossed into the state of Georgia earlier this month.   Bond was denied on all charges against 46 year old John Justin Casey Ward of Westminster.  Ward was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 4:11pm yesterday.  Ward was transpo

Joseph Levi Jimenez (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Seneca man remains in jail today, on a combined $105,000 surety bond, after his arrest yesterday on multiple drug warrants.   27 year old Joseph Levi Jimenez, of Eric Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at about 1:44pm.  Jimenez will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device, as a condition of bond, should he be released from jail.    Jimenez was charged by a Narcotics Age

Bryan Lance Roach (Walhalla, SC)---------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing today an additional arrest in the current 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 operatives working

Brandon Scott Creel Michael Anthony McCrary (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------An Easley man remains in jail today, on a combined $110,000 surety bond, after being booked into jail yesterday on two outstanding arrest warrants in relation to a 2024 burglary and larceny investigation.   38 year old Brandon Scott Creel, of Polly Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 8:32pm Tuesday.  Creel was transported from the Kirkland Correctiona

Timothy Reshawn Leland (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------A Seneca man remains in jail today, pending a bond hearing, after his arrest yesterday for sexually assaulting a minor, who is a teenager.   42 year old Timothy Reshawn Leland, of E. South 6 th  Street, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 11:37am Tuesday.    The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation on September 28 th  of this year after a Deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau

Thaddeus Lane Carroll (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges today against an Oconee man in reference to a domestic violence investigation and a S.W.A.T. activation yesterday.   34 year old Thaddeus Lane Carroll, who has listed addresses of Harry’s Drive in Westminster and Anderson Road in Seneca, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 10:45pm Tuesday.   Carroll has been charged with one co

(Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team was activated this afternoon in reference to a barricaded subject at a residence near Westminster.    Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Bureau were dispatched at around 3:39pm to an address on Harry’s Drive, near the Coffee Road, in reference to a domestic disturbance in which an adult male made threats of harm towards himself and an adult female.    Deputies were also told that

Hope Belinda Hathaway (UPDATE: The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is happy to report that Hope Belinda Hathaway has been located and she is safe.) (Walhalla, SC)-------------------------------------The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing Seneca woman.   38 year old Hope Belinda Hathaway was reported missing by a family member to the Sheriff’s Office this afternoon.  Hope left her residence, which is located near Utica, Monda