Upstate man receives 30 years for statewide burglary spree
The 8th Circuit Solicitor's Office announced that 38-year-old Christopher Taylor, of Mauldin, pleaded guilty to charges resulting from almost 40 burglaries in 11 counties and six South Carolina judicial circuits.
Officials said the crime spree ranged from July 2021 until Taylor's arrest in June 2022.
It was reported that the defendant committed burglaries in Calhoun County, Spartanburg County, Greenwood County, Laurens County, Newberry County, Anderson County, Oconee County, Edgefield County, McCormick County, Greenville County and Pickens County.
Investigators said Taylor had committed crimes across multiple counties for close to a year when the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office was able to use FLOCK cameras to track him after a break-in at the Pavan Food Store along Bypass 72.
Detectives said when investigators questioned Taylor about the break-in, he confessed. After further questioning regarding other burglaries with similar methods, Taylor also confessed to the other break-ins across the SC counties.
Taylor was sentenced to 30 years in prison following his plea.
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