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web posted October 18, 2007 JOHNSTON – Two men burglarizing the Johnston IGA on Lee Street early Wednesday morning set off a manhunt that lasted well into Wednesday afternoon that involved the Johnston and Edgefield Police Departments as well as the Edgefield, Saluda, and Aiken County Sheriff’s Offices. Two men threw two cement blocks through the glass door of the IGA Food Store and took an estimated $2,600 in cigarettes. As Johnston Police were investigating the call, an Edgefield County Sheriff’s deputy discovered an attempted burglary at Billy’s Superstore less than a half mile away. The two men are then believed to have fled towards Aiken on Highway 191 in a 1994 white Cadillac. Edgefield and Saluda County Deputies and Edgefield and Johnston Police Officers arrived on the scene in an attempt to block the two men’s escape. Shortly before 2 am a Saluda County Deputy spotted the car pulled off into the woods on a side road. When the deputy shinned a spotlight on the car the two men fled on foot into the woods. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division joined the search around 10 am with a helicopter but was unable to pinpoint either man’s location. Authorities began setting up a perimeter in the area of Highways 191 and 19 and called in bloodhounds from Aiken and Edgefield County in an effort to locate the suspects. The two men left the clothes they wore in the burglary in the car along with their cell phones. After checking surveillance tapes at the IGA and information obtained from the car police were able to identify one of the men. Johnston Police Chief Chris Aston said Maurice Anthony Odom, 32, of Texas Lane in Williston SC, is wanted in connection to the crime. “We have a warrant for him now and are trying to identify the other subject,” Aston said. The pending charge is for burglary in the second degree. Edgefield County Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Randy Doran said Mr. Odom is currently out on bond from a similar burglary in Barnwell County. Odom is described as a black male between 5’ 10” and 6” tall weighing approximately 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jean shorts an orange tank top shirt, and a red or reddish dew rag on his head. Odom is said to have tattoos on both of his arms Inv. Doran said. Chief Aston said that additional charges could be pending in the case as a result of the ongoing investigation and that Mr. Odom may be related to other recent burglaries in the Johnston area. For all
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