Fair Play man charged in Burglary Investigation

Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Fair Play man on charges of burglary in the second degree and petty larceny. Booking activity reports from the Sheriff’s Office list 34-year-old Matthew Flint Patterson jailed on the charges.  His arrest comes as part of an investigation into a resident’s complaint that his home was broken into during a two-week period between January 15 and February 1. The resident said he returned to his Mill Creek Road home and discovered several items missing, including a dishwasher valued at $300 and a cabinet valued at $500.  Patterson was booked at the Oconee County Detention Center in Walhalla.