Two Upstate Carolina Medical Center (UCMC) employees who work in the Emergency Medical Services department have been arrested in the wake of a Cherokee County Sheriff's Department investigation of missing medical supplies.

Roger Shane Grier, 34, of Lawndale, N.C., has been charged with possession of stolen property more than $1,000. Brian "B.J." Martin, 27, of 412 E. Oneal St., Gaffney, is charged with grand larceny. Both men are EMS employees of the hospital.

While officials at UCMC refused to comment, citing personnel confidentiality, sources have said Martin was fired from his job last week but that Grier remained employed pending the outcome of the investigation.

Martin was also employed with AmbuStar and was responsible for the company's supplies, but was fired from that job May 25, according to an incident report at the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

AmbuStar owner Randy Guyton told sheriff's deputies that he questioned Martin about a missing LifePak 10 monitor, but said Martin denied knowing the location of the device.

On Friday, Detective Capt. Mike Fowlkes recovered from Martin a LifePak 10 monitor, an orange Pelican case with medications, a black Pelican case with medications, a pulse oximeter, an oxygen bag with regulator and an intubation kit, the report states. The recovered items belong to AmbuStar and are valued at $5,500, police said.

Also on Friday, police recovered an intravenous training arm and two pediatric training dolls from Grier while at Martin's home, another report at the sheriff's office states. Police said those items, worth $2,100, belong to Cleveland Community College.

Grier had taught classes at the college and Martin was a student there, police said.

Grier is not currently listed on the faculty directory included on the college's Web site. Calls to college officials were not returned.

Detectives are still working to determine the owners of other recovered items. Investigators said some missing items had appeared for sale on eBay.