BASF employee arrested

An employee of a manufacturing plant near Seneca has been arrested and charged with crime against his employer. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has announced that Walhalla resident Bryan Keith Jones was arrested and jailed yesterday morning on the charge of breach of trust. The affidavit to the arrest warrant charges that the 50-year old Jones breached the trust of his employer, BASF, by concealing 427 grams of 100% Palladium in his locker at the plant. It alleges that Jones had “no valid work related reason to possess this material in his locker.” The value of the Palladium was listed at around $12 thousand dollars.