Two Crawfordville men arrested for stealing from a church

Two Crawfordville men were arrested Sunday while burglarizing a church in Medart.

20 year old Tyler Dylan Trice and 21 year old Dewin Velez-Alvarez were arrested at 4 AM Sunday while taking items from the Medart Assembly of God Church.

They were caught after a concerned citizen reported a potential burglary at the site.

The men had taken speakers, an amplifier, computer equipment, a camcorder, electronic games, two guitars and chocolate candies from the church and used the church van to transport the items to a vacant home where the items were being stored.

All of the stolen items from the church were recovered and returned to the church.

The stolen items are valued at $1,800. Damage to the church doors and locks is estimated at $1,200.

Detectives also connected Trice and Velez-Alvarez to a second burglary on January 30 that involved the Promised Land Ministry Thrift store in Crawfordville where they took a safe with a small amount of cash, a watch and two bicycles.

The men have been charged with two counts of burglary, possession of burglary tools, vehicle theft, two counts of criminal mischief and two counts of larceny in the case.

They two men are being held in the Wakulla County Jail with no bond.

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