Woman arrested for Accessory after the Fact of a Felony

An Oconee County woman was arrested Monday and served with an arrest warrant charging her with accessory after the fact of a felony related to the Utica Mill Hill double homicide that occurred two weeks ago. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 23-year-old Sara Haley Stephens, who has no fixed address according to the arrest warrant, after being placed into custody by deputies in Fair Play. Stephens is the third person arrested so far in the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a double homicide after two victims were found deceased in the yard of a residence at 14 Padgett Street back on Sept. 10. On Sept. 11, 18-year-old Steven Lee Reynolds of a separate Padgett Street address was arrested and was charged with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of 54-year-old Timothy Wayne Caldwell and 29-year-old David Thomas Tranah. Reynolds was also served with three arrest warrants obtained by Narcotics Agents of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office for distribution of narcotics. On Monday, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announced that over the past weekend, 36-year-old Matthew Carlton Moss was arrested and served with an arrest warrant charging him also with an accessory after the fact of a felony in regards to assistance he provided Reynolds after the shooting. According to the arrest warrant obtained against Stephens, she is charged with providing assistance to Reynolds by helping him change his hair color and appearance while knowing he had committed a felony. At this time, Stephens remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center on a $15,000 surety bond. She will also be required to wear an electronic monitoring device upon her release should she make bond. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation.