Suspect Brought Back to Oconee from TN on Attempted Murder Charge

Julian Tristan Mackenzi Garren, 23, of Eastpoint Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 10:38pm Tuesday. Garren was transported from the Unicoi County Jail in Erwin, TN (which is located just south of Johnson City, TN) and served with his arrest warrants. Garren was charged with one count each of Attempted Murder, Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime, Domestic Violence – 2nd Degree and Malicious Injury to Property in an incident that occurred in late February of this year in the Fair Play area.

Truett Gregory Brock was also charged in the incident. Brock was initially given a combined $652,205.00 surety bond; however, the bond amount was reduced to a combined $50,000.00 surety bond. Garren was taken into custody around March 2nd of this year by the Erwin Police Department in Tennessee and was booked into the Unicoi County Jail.

Garren remains in jail, at this time, on a combined $372,205.00 surety bond. A hold has also been placed on Garren by the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services. Garren will also have to wear an electronic monitoring device, as a condition of bond, should he be released from jail.

Truett Gregory Brock was transported to the Oconee County Detention Center from the city of Anderson. Brock was released from jail on June 8th after posting bond.