Second man arrested in home burglary near Salem

A second man has been arrested in the investigation of an October home burglary on the Jocassee Lake Road.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, the arrest of Ryan Curtis Tolbert of Greenville came as a result of the investigation that also produced the arrest of Thomasville, NC resident Richard Clayton Bagwell II in the same case after a vehicle pursuit.  On October 29th, deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division  responded to a call on Jocassee Lake Road.  One deputy started a traffic stop on a suspect vehicle but the box style car did not pull over and eventually wrecked as the chase ended on Walhalla’s Razorback Lane. Bagwell was apprehended at the scene. Besides the burglary near Salem, Bagwell was also charged with burglary on the Picket Post Road.