OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. —

A man from Pickens, South Carolina, has been arrested for allegedly claiming to be a law enforcement officer.

On Thursday morning, deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff's Office responded to an address on Bella Vista Lane near Walhalla for a report of a suspicious person.

Upon arrival, a deputy encountered 42-year-old Jason Dwayne Whitlock. He told the deputy that he was at the location to repossess a vehicle. The deputy told Whitlock that standard procedure for repossessing a vehicle is for dispatch to be informed and an address to be provided, which did not happen in this case.

The deputy noticed the vehicle Whitlock was driving was a white Ford Explorer modified with bars on the inside, a pit bar on the front, a spotlight on the driver's side, and a large bla

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