STARKVILLE — The Starkville Police Department this weekend arrested two men attempting to steal a flat-screen TV from Millsaps Career and Technology Center.
Starkville police responded to an alarm at the vocational center on Starkville High School”s campus Saturday at approximately 2:24 a.m. and, upon arrival, noticed the gate showed signs of tampering.
Officers searched the premises and located two Starkville men inside the building who were attempting to steal a flat-screen television.
Police arrested Eric Bell, 30, of 162 North Side Drive, inside the building, and then apprehended Ryan Reives, 31, of 2049 Townsend Road, as he fled on foot.
Bell and Reives both were charged with burglary of a commercial building. Bond will be set in Starkville Municipal Court on July 1.
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