Arrests made as shoplifting case expands

Two Anderson County residents were in the custody yesterday of Oconee County law enforcement in what started as an investigation of shoplifting at one store and spread to a second store nearby.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced charges of shoplifting against Gregory Todd Allen and Sonya Kay Clifton.  They were arrested late Tuesday night when a patrol deputy conducted a traffic stop on Tokeena Road at McCall Circle after deputies answered a shoplifting call at Belk’s in Applewood Shopping Center.  Earlier the Sheriff’s Office released a photograph of two people identified as suspects in a shoplifting last Saturday night at the nearby Wal-Mart.