BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis announced the recovery of roughly $130,000 in stolen vehicles and equipment, the discovery of two illegal chop shop operations, and the arrest of multiple people following a coordinated investigation and a series of search warrants across Ridgeville, Moncks Corner, and Cross. The investigation was launched in May after a string of thefts were reported in the Ridgeville and Lebanon areas.
On May 21, deputies responded to a call from a victim who had located his stolen dump truck being driven in Moncks Corner. The victim followed the vehicle to a residence on Horseshoe Drive, where the driver, later identified as Hunter Driggers-Moore, fled the scene on foot.
A search warrant was executed at the Horseshoe Drive property, resulting in the recovery of the stolen dump truck (valued at $35,000), a Honda motorcycle ($2,500), and a U-Haul trailer ($2,700). Two residents, James and Daniel Threatt, were charged with Receiving Stolen Goods. An arrest warrant was issued for Driggers-Moore and Bradley Billham for possession of stolen vehicles.
On May 22, Driggers-Moore was taken into custody.
Billham was arrested on May 23, at his residence on Farrell Street. While there, deputies observed another motorcycle with a tampered ignition. A second search warrant was executed at the residence on Farrell Street that yielded a stolen motorcycle ($1,500) and evidence of an active motorcycle chop shop.
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The investigation led detectives to a residence on Destiny Lane in Cross, where a third search warrant was executed on June 4. Deputies recovered a Takeuchi skid steer ($63,000), a Kubota side-by-side ($15,000), and other items believed to be stolen but heavily altered.
Deputies also discovered narcotics, prompting a second search warrant by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force. During the second search warrant, deputies seized $5396 in US currency, 11 firearms (one of them was stolen), approximately 363 grams of Methamphetamine, approximately 245 grams of Marijuana and approximately 14 grams of Fentanyl.
After locating narcotics, the following individuals were arrested: Timmy Lee Condrey (Trafficking Methamphetamine, Trafficking Fentanyl, nine counts of Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime); Fred Jimmy Condrey (Possession with the Intent to Distribute Marijuana); Michelle Elizabeth Condrey (Possession of Fentanyl); Joseph Edward Bryan (Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine) and Colleen Elizabeth Reese (Possession of Fentanyl)…