Two boys charged in home burglary

Lisa Marchesoni


Two juveniles ages 15 and 17 were charged with burglary after they allegedly skipped school Tuesday and broke into a home in the Southridge subdivision, a sheriff’s corporal said.

They were also charged with two counts of theft, vandalism and evading arrest by Cpl. Ryan Huggins.

The youngest boy was arrested on an unruly charge during the weekend after he was accused of threatening to stab his principal and murder a teacher in an online game.

Huggins and Deputy Joshua Anderson were called to Casper Court on a suspicious vehicle call. They found the empty vehicle. Neighbors told deputies they saw two boys with a backpack leave the car. Deputies tracked the boys to a tree line.

“I saw them both crouched down in the woods,” Huggins said, adding, he identified himself as from the sheriff’s office. “They both took off running.”

Huggins apprehended the younger suspect and deputies went to the second boy’s home where they took him into custody.

Both boys were charged and booked into Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center until a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.

Later, Huggins found the boys allegedly broke into Carla Edmonson’s home on Kite Court.

Cpl. Joe Duncan recovered most of her $2,475 property in a wood line but two iPods, a Play Station 2 and a silver necklace remain missing.