Arrest made in theft of water heater

Oconee Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a 35-year old man in Utica—charged with stealing a neighbor’s water heater. The Sheriff’s Office jailed Benjamin Thomas Price of Lonsdale Street on charges of petty larceny and burglary third degree. An arrest affidavit accuses Price of taking a 40-gallon water heater, valued at $705 dollars, on May 25 from a home on Ames Street. The home owner reported the burglary and discovered that the intruder pried off a back door to make entry.