Deputies have made arrests in connection with the burglary of an apparently empty mobile home late last month. They report arresting Owen Coffey, Senior of Boomer this week and charging him with helping two other people break into the house. From the story given at the time by the other two, Coffey had intended to steal a boat from outside the house, but was foiled by a flat tire on the boat trailer.

The crime was originally reported April 27th. Neighbors spotted the trio outside the home on Highway 18 South, which is apparently in the process of being foreclosed on by Greentree Mortgage. The neighbor told dispatchers that the trip climbed into a pickup and sped off, and deputies arriving at the scene stopped a pickup matching the description given by the neighbor. Coffey was driving. His passengers, Marcia Coffey and Douglas Roten, were interviewed separately from each other, but their stories matched. They said they'd come with Coffey to steal the boat, but while he was trying to empty it of trash and belongings, they tried the door on the house and found it unlocked. They went in and gathered up a large trash bag of clothes and took it outside -- just as the sirens sounded. They dropped the bag and scrambled into the pickup, speeding of with Coffey. On the day of the original crime, Coffey was arrested for driving without a license, but because the interviews were not complete he was not charged in relation to the burglary. He was stopped this week near the courthouse, when deputies saw him driving once again. This time, they charged him with driving without a license, and a series of aiding and abetting charges, along with the attempted theft of the boat. Marcia Coffey and Douglas Roten face charges of breaking into the house and stealing the clothes.