By Associated Press - Tuesday, April 29, 2014

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Two teens have been arrested after they broke into a Thomasville church.

The pastor of Southside Baptist Church confronted the teens Sunday when he returned for the evening service.

Tom Sizemore told The Dispatch of Lexington (https://bit.ly/1mTVNLz) he noticed a spray paint can when he entered the church and the two teens appeared before him.

Nineteen-year-old Miguel Jose Garcia and a 17-year-old have each been charged with felony robbery with dangerous weapon, misdemeanor injuring a building, felony breaking and entering into a place of worship and felony larceny after breaking and entering,

Sizemore says the teens left after he confronted them. He says they took a bag of food. A warrant says they also took a laptop computer.

It was not clear if the teens have attorneys.

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Information from: The Dispatch, https://www.the-dispatch.com

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