Two Suspects In Custody After Car Break-Ins

The Crooksville Police Department says two men are in custody in connection to breaking into cars. Police says 21-year-old Jarod Pitcock of Crooksville and 21-year-old Kyle Taylor of New Lexington have been arrested. Officer Brandon Forester says around 5:30 Thursday morning he received a call from a resident on Whitehouse Street that someone had broken into his vehicle. The victim pursued two suspects on foot before losing them on the next street. The Perry County Sheriff’s Department and Police caught the suspects in a disabled vehicle just north of Crooksville. The two, who are being held in the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail, face charges of breaking and entering, theft and failure to comply with the order of a police officer.