Newberry County deputies: Four in custody after shoplifting incident Wednesday morning

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office says four individuals have been brought into custody after a shoplifting incident that resulted in a search for one suspect that ended this afternoon.

Deputies say they received a call about multiple suspects shoplifting at the Pilot on SC 773. Investigators say they got a vehicle description from employees, and the vehicle was seen by a deputy at the Love’s on SC 219 at I-26. Authorities say they brought two suspects into custody, but two others fled into the woods by the Love’s.

Authorities say a K-9 Tracking Team found one of the suspects in the woods, and they were brought into custody.

Authorities say they received a 911 call reporting a suspicious man at the Dollar General on Highway 34 and Oxner Road. Responding around 1 p.m., deputies say they found the fourth individual in the parking lot, and brought him into custody without incident.

Deputies say the following four individuals face charges in connection with this incident:

• Michael Wayne Winters (56)
  • Shoplifting, conspiracy and possession of drug paraphernalia
• Miranda Victoria Wiedermann (32)
  • Shoplifting, conspiracy and possession of drug paraphernalia
• Jeremy Lee Ray (32)
  • Shoplifting, conspiracy, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest
  • Deputies say Ray is also wanted by the South Carolina Department of Parole and Probation
• Aaron Michael Wolfferst (28)
  • Shoplifting, conspiracy, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest