TWO MARION MEN WERE ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER BREAKING INTO A VACANT HOUSE YESTERDAY IN THE 250 BLOCK OF BLAINE AVE.

PAUL MCKENZIE, 30, AND MARK COMBS, 50, BOTH OF MARION, WERE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF CRIMINAL TOOLS AFTER MARION CITY POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE HOUSE BY A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR WHO DESCRIBED TWO MEN WHO WERE INSIDE THE VACANT HOME.

OFFICERS LOCATED A BROKEN WINDOW AND ONCE INSIDE FOUND ONE SUSPECT CUTTING OUT THE HOME'S COPPER PIPING WHILE THE OTHER WAS FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC.

THE PAIR WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE MULTI-COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER...THIS CRIME IS A GOOD REMINDER FOR CITIZENS TO REPORT ANY SUSPISCIOUS ACTIVITY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.