Two men charged with equipment thievery

Two men have been arrested and charged in Oconee County with stealing a Bobcat Loader and an Interstate Trailer, worth a combined $73 thousand. The sheriff’s office today announced the charges against James William Green, 25; and Matthew Kevin Bowen, 26.  Green and Bowen were arrested last week at separate locations. The thefts were reported November 30 at a West-Oak Highway address.  Additionally, Green is charged with second degree burglary and petty larceny in an investigation of a home burglary on Salem’s Riggins Drive.