Stolen Oconee pickup truck recovered in North Carolina

A Michigan man placed in North Carolina custody faces the charge of vehicle theft in Oconee County.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office records show Michael Joseph Harris II of South Lyon, Michigan was arrested and charged with grand larceny of a 2000 Nissan Frontier Pickup truck stolen April 7 from the driveway of a home in the Tamassee Community.  According to an incident report, the truck owner in his work vehicle saw his personal truck headed north on the Whitewater Falls Road and followed it to Sapphire, North Carolina where a Transylvania County deputy assisted in the investigation.