A lifelong lawbreaker will spend the next three decades in prison after pleading guilty Thursday morning in Greenville County to charges stemming from a yearlong statewide crime spree, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.
Christopher Taylor, 38, of Mauldin, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges stemming from nearly 40 burglaries spanning 11 counties and six South Carolina judicial circuits. Circuit Judge William McMaster then sentenced Taylor to 30 years in prison. Taylor was represented by Fletcher Smith of the Greenville County Bar.
Taylor’s crime spree began in July 2021 and continued until his arrest in June 2022. Taylor 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…