A Jefferson City man and woman have each been charged with one count of first-degree burglary for breaking into a home on East Capitol Avenue on Sunday afternoon.
Cody Thirlwall, 31, and Tira Sheldon, 38, both of 625 Georgia St., were found inside 417 E. Capitol Ave. by two other people checking on the property for owner Barbara Buescher.
Sounds of someone running were heard from the back of the residence, and witnesses said they saw Thirwall and Sheldon running out of the house.
The two got into a vehicle, which witnesses described for police, who were then able to stop it in the 600 block of Ohio Street.
Officers brought witnesses over and they identified Thirwall and Sheldon as the two they'd seen running from the Capitol Avenue home.
Although both denied ever being inside the residence, a search of their vehicle turned up a crate of old memorabilia which Sheldon eventually admitted had been taken from the Capitol Avenue home.