Man Charged for Trespassing at Harbison State Forest

A Columbia man is charged with four counts of trespassing related to a series of vehicle break-ins at Harbison State Forest on Broad River Road, according to S.C. Forestry Commission officials. 

Forestry Commission law enforcement officers served the warrants on Don Antwain Wright, 19, who is already incarcerated at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on unrelated weapons charges.

Wright broke into three trucks and a car parked in a lot inside the forest in September, according to Forestry Commission officials. He stole several specialty tools, a tool box, clothes, shoes, iPods, mountain biking gear, backpacks, and purses. 

He also stole a cell phone and wallet belonging to the spouse of a Columbia-area federal agent, according to the commission. 

The breaking and entering charges were filed by the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

Forestry Commission officials say Wright also broke the law by bypassing the office and the fee boxes, where he should have paid a parking fee or obtained a State Forest Use Permit.