Two Arrested Charged With Theft 1st Degree For Theft At O’Neal Bridge

Kerri Thornton

FLORENCE-The Florence Police Department released a statement on the arrest of two suspects on Wednesday, January 4 concerning the theft at O’Neal Bridge:

“Kerri Thornton and Andrew Miller were arrested yesterday on charges of Theft 1^st.

The two are charged following items being stolen from the construction area near O’Neal bridge.

In short, they are accused of helping themselves to a forklift

Andrew Miller

and using it to load large amounts of steel, which they in turn attempted to scrap at a local scrap yard.

The two were caught after patrol officers noticed a suspicious vehicle at the same construction staging area.

It is believed that the two were attempting to steal again only to be thwarted by observant officers.”