OC Sheriff’s Office makes arrests in Shoplifting Cases

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has made two arrests in recently publicized Seneca Walmart shoplifting cases. Back on Dec. 22, the Sheriff’s Office issued a press release seeking the public’s help in solving a Dec. 10, shoplifting in which a Garmin GPS, valued at $168.54, was taken from the store. An employee told the deputy that a white female was inside the store and left all points of sale without paying for the GPS that was opened in another section of the store. The store employee stated that the female concealed the item and then left the store. The female originally had a shopping cart with items inside that was left in the store. The Sheriff’s Office sought help from the public in this case. Based upon information that the investigating deputy received, an arrest warrant was obtained on Dec. 24, against 18-year-old Feather Lace Crowe Key of Spotted Ridge Road in Walhalla. Key was arrested on Jan. 13, during a traffic stop by the Westminster Police Department on North Avenue at West Windsor Street and was turned over to a deputy from the Warrants Division of the Sheriff’s Office. Key was released from the Detention Center on a $2,125 surety bond on Jan. 15. The Sheriff’s Office also made an arrest in a shoplifting case from the Seneca Walmart that occurred on Oct. 16, 2016 in which a male was observed loading a mini motorcycle bike into a vehicle at one of the exits of the store. The bike was not paid for and had a retail value of around $528.94. After seeking the public’s help in this case via an Oct. 20, 2016 press release and based upon information the investigating deputy received, a warrant was obtained on Oct. 25, charging 40-year-old Joel Andrew Givens of Calhoun Street in Williamston with shoplifting charges. Givens was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on Jan. 10, after being transported from the Anderson County Detention Center. Givens was released from the Detention Center on Jan. 11, on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond.