Arrest made as deputies investigate disturbance

A man was arrested yesterday as Oconee deputies responded to a report of a disturbance near Walhalla, in the vicinity of the Lake Jemiki Road. But the man arrested there was served with a warrant charging him in a five-month old assault case near Seneca. The Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Michael Lee Carter of Deer Park Drive, Seneca, charged with assault and battery high and aggravated in an incident July 18 on Deer Park Drive. An assault victim was transported by paramedics to the hospital.