DARLINGTON - Two Argyle men broke into an Argyle bar in September and stole cash and beer, according to a criminal complaint filed in Lafayette County Circuit Court June 16.
Brian A. Mason, 28, and Paul C. Owens, 46, both face charges of felony burglary, misdemeanor criminal damage to property and misdemeanor concealing stolen property. Mason is also charged with misdemeanor counts of obstructing an officer and bail jumping.
The Sportz Page, 205 E. Milwaukee St., was burglarized between 1 and 7:30 a.m. Sept. 24, police records indicate. The bar's owner called police, who observed pry marks on an entrance and a window that had its screen removed and was missing a piece of plexiglass.
The bartender who closed the tavern earlier in the day told investigators Mason, whom the bartender recognized, and another man walked by as the bartender was getting in his car. According to online court records, Mason and Owens live in the same South Broad Street apartment.
Money was missing from the cash register, tip jar and a bank bag used to hold money for a raffle, police reports indicate.
The owner told police the alleged burglars took two cases of Busch Light beer. She provided police with another Busch Light case from the same shipment as the two stolen cases. Police recorded the lot number and noted in their report that it matched the lot number on a case of Busch Light they found at Owens and Mason's residence later that day.
The bartender pointed out to investigators a Bud Light bottle in one of the bar's trash cans. He said he emptied the container toward the end of his shift and the only bottles consumed afterward were of Miller, not Budweiser, products. In November, the State Crime Laboratory told police that DNA from the mouth area of the Bud Light bottle was a match for Owens, who is listed as a convicted offender in the state DNA databank.
Mason told police he didn't stay at his residence the night of the alleged burglary. Someone who lives at the residence where Mason said he stayed told investigators she and her mother were the only ones who stayed there that night.
The bail jumping charge against Mason stems from his committing a crime, thus violating a condition of a $500 signature bond he signed in December in a separate case.
Both will make their initial appearance in court July 6.
Brian A. Mason, 28, and Paul C. Owens, 46, both face charges of felony burglary, misdemeanor criminal damage to property and misdemeanor concealing stolen property. Mason is also charged with misdemeanor counts of obstructing an officer and bail jumping.
The Sportz Page, 205 E. Milwaukee St., was burglarized between 1 and 7:30 a.m. Sept. 24, police records indicate. The bar's owner called police, who observed pry marks on an entrance and a window that had its screen removed and was missing a piece of plexiglass.
The bartender who closed the tavern earlier in the day told investigators Mason, whom the bartender recognized, and another man walked by as the bartender was getting in his car. According to online court records, Mason and Owens live in the same South Broad Street apartment.
Money was missing from the cash register, tip jar and a bank bag used to hold money for a raffle, police reports indicate.
The owner told police the alleged burglars took two cases of Busch Light beer. She provided police with another Busch Light case from the same shipment as the two stolen cases. Police recorded the lot number and noted in their report that it matched the lot number on a case of Busch Light they found at Owens and Mason's residence later that day.
The bartender pointed out to investigators a Bud Light bottle in one of the bar's trash cans. He said he emptied the container toward the end of his shift and the only bottles consumed afterward were of Miller, not Budweiser, products. In November, the State Crime Laboratory told police that DNA from the mouth area of the Bud Light bottle was a match for Owens, who is listed as a convicted offender in the state DNA databank.
Mason told police he didn't stay at his residence the night of the alleged burglary. Someone who lives at the residence where Mason said he stayed told investigators she and her mother were the only ones who stayed there that night.
The bail jumping charge against Mason stems from his committing a crime, thus violating a condition of a $500 signature bond he signed in December in a separate case.
Both will make their initial appearance in court July 6.