Murder defendant extradited

Here is the Sheriff’s Office announcement on new development in shooting last weekend in southern Oconee:

“An Oconee County man who has been charged by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in an Attempted Murder investigation has been extradited back to Oconee County.

27 year old Devan Chavis Bennett was apprehended last Thursday evening around 7:30pm in Stephens County (GA). The Sheriff’s Office began extradition proceedings last Friday. Bennett was transported from the jail in Stephens County to the Oconee County Detention Center and booked in around 8:56AM this morning.

Bennett was charged with Attempted Murder and Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime in regards to a shooting of a female victim at an address on Spartan Drive in the southern part of Oconee County last Wednesday afternoon.

As a result of evidence gathered in the continuing investigation, Bennett has also been charged by investigators with one additional count of Attempted Murder for attempting to shoot a male in the same incident.

Due to privacy and/or safety concerns, the names of the victim’s in the case are not being released by the Sheriff’s Office.

Also on Thursday of last week, the Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca woman and a Walhalla man on charges related to the same investigation.

47 year old Regina Leigh Mote of Sitton Mill Road and 47 year old Timothy Wayne Rogers of Ranger Road were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:55pm and 7:40pm respectively last Thursday on one count each of Accessory after the Fact of a Felony. Mote was also served an outstanding Family Court Bench Warrant.
According to arrest warrants, which were based on evidence gathered during the investigation, Mote and Rogers rendered assistance to Bennett knowing that Bennett had committed the crime of Attempted Murder. Mote and Rogers are Bennett’s biological mother and step-father.

At this time, Mote and Rogers remain in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center as both subjects were given $25,000 surety bonds on their charges.”