Lexington Man Arrested in Thefts of Boats, Trailers and Guitars

A Lexington man was arrested for allegedly possessing several items that were reported stolen to law enforcement, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

Charles Heyward Spires Jr., 26, of 132 Boiling Springs Lane, was arrested Saturday on charges of second-degree burglary, grand larceny and receiving stolen goods. Spires was also served with a family court bench warrant that was issued after he failed to make court-ordered child support payment. 

An arrest warrant alleges that between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Sept. 5, Spires entered a home on Stephanie Drive and stole one Sharp 42-inch, flat-screen television, one Schecter Telecaster electric guitar, one Warwick electric bass guitar and one Alvarez acoustic all worth a combined total of $2,830.

Spires later tried to sell the guitars at a pawnshop and musical instrument store but was unsuccessful, according to the sheriff’s department. Detectives found Spires in possession of some of the items.

An arrest warrant also alleges that at about 7:59 p.m. on Aug. 11, Spires stole a 19-foot Grady White fishing boat and the trailer on which the boat was stored from outside a home on Highgrove Circle near West Columbia, according to the department.  Detectives recovered the boat on Aug. 15 in woods off Wolverton Mountain Lane near Lexington.

Spires is also accused of possessing one U-Haul car hauler, one Traveler fishing boat, one War Eagle fishing boat, one Stingray fishing boat and boat trailers that had been reported. Detectives also recovered several of those items in the woods.

According to the department, witnesses identified Spires as the man who placed stolen items in the woods.

He was being held on Wednesday at the Lexington County Detention Center.