Crime & Safety

Swansea Man Charged in ATV Theft

A 51-year-old was arrested Monday and charged with grand larceny.

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives arrested a Swansea man in connection with the theft of an all-terrain vehicle that was reported stole from a home in August.

Robert Daniel Davis Jr., 51, of 1343 Savannah Highway, was arrested Monday and charged with grand larceny, according to a release. He was being held at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a bond hearing.

An arrest warrant alleges that on Aug. 28, Davis and another suspect, Gene Carroll “Fuzzy” Rutland Jr., stole a 2013 CF Moto X-500 all-terrain vehicle worth about $5,000 from a home near Davis’ home on Savannah Highway.

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Davis and Rutland allegedly pushed the vehicle away from the home, hotwired the vehicle in order to start the vehicle and then drove away, according to the release.

Rutland, 31, of Minolta Drive, West Columbia, was arrested on Sept. 20 on six counts of grand larceny.

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Authorities say Rutland stole two all-terrain vehicles, one golf cart, one fishing boat, one chainsaw, one video camera, farm equipment and scrap metal worth a total of about $25,600 during a property crime spree that occurred between May 21 and Sept. 5.

Rutland was being held on Monday at the county Detention Center on bail totaling $50,000.


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