GREEN CREEK – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man this week on several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with the intent to kill, and larceny.

Charles Lee Lewis Rice, 51, of McEntire Rd., Tryon was arrested and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury with the intent to kill, larceny and possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office.

Officers said during the afternoon of Thursday, July 13, they responded to a disturbance report on Chesnee Highway, in the Green Creek community of Polk County.

Officers were met with an injured male, Glenn David Holcombe, 58, of Swannanoa.

A short distance away, officers discovered Rice and learned the two were acquainted with one another, according to sheriff reports.

The sheriff’s office says Rice lured Holcombe to a rural driveway, where Rice assaulted Holcombe and robbed Holcombe of his wallet, a firearm and some cash.

Holcombe was transported to the hospital, treated and released, according to sheriff’s office reports.

Rice was still being held at the Polk County Jail under a $250,000 secured bond as of Friday, July 14.

The sheriff’s office is still investigating the case.