Northeast Georgia man arrested by Oconee authorities

A Toccoa, GA man remained jailed, on a
combined $287,500.00 surety bond, after his arrest Sunday morning on outstanding warrants
related to an investigation of break-ins of storage units.
34 year old Roger Laquerrius Neal, of Whisenant Street, was booked into the Oconee County
Detention Center around 6:18am on November 26th
. Neal was charged with four counts each of
Second Degree Burglary and Malicious Injury to Property as well as two counts of Grand
Larceny. Neal was also served an outstanding arrest warrant on charges of Grand Larceny in
regards to an investigation by the Seneca Police Department.
Neal is the second person arrested in this investigation. Back on September 12th, 25 year old
Bradley Alexander Cleveland, of Harment Valley Road in Toccoa, was booked into the Oconee
County Detention Center after being transported from the Stephens County (GA) Detention
Center. At this time, Neal remains in jail on a combined $128,500.00 surety bond on four
counts each of Second Degree Burglary and Malicious Injury to Property as well as two counts
of Grand Larceny.
The Sheriff’s Office investigation began on June 28th of this year after Deputies responded to a
Storage Unit business on Toccoa Highway near Westminster.
According to the sheriff’s office, based on evidence, it was determined that Neal and Alexander had broken into four separate storage
buildings, during the nighttime, damaging the padlocks securing each storage unit.
Neal and Alexander are also charged with stealing tools out of one storage unit while also
stealing electronics and jewelry from a separate storage unit.