Seneca Woman accused of stealing Truck

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca woman Wednesday afternoon on grand larceny charges, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “26-year-old Christy Ashtin Worley of 101 O’ Henry Lane was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:56pm. Warrants accuse Worley of stealing on Wednesday a 2008 Maroon 4-door GMC Sierra with a black in color Tontico bed cover which was valued at around $17,000. The stealing of the truck occurred at a location on Meldau Road in Seneca, which is right across the road from O’Henry Lane. Deputies responded Wednesday morning to the Meldau Road location in regards to the stolen truck. The complainant told the deputy that his wife heard a noise that woke her around 3am Wednesday morning. The complainant told deputies that he found the truck gone around 6am. During the course of the investigation, information obtained by investigators led them to the O’Henry Lane location, where Worley was arrested and taken the Detention Center.” Worley also had outstanding magistrate’s bench warrants from May 14 of this year on charges of driving under the influence, first offense and transporting alcohol in a motor vehicle with the seal broken.