GUILFORD As state police were enroute to another call January 28, they noticed suspicious activity at a nearby home and stopped to investigate. <\/p>\n
Troopers discovered two men allegedly committing a burglary at a deceased persons residence, stealing items from within and then attempting to hide in a nearby field as police approached. Police caught one suspect and the other fled the scene but was later arrested. <\/p>\n
Connor J. Audette, 20, of Guilford and Joseph B. Schneider, 25, of Oxford were both charged with third-degree burglary. Schneider was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. <\/p>\n
According to New York State Trooper Aga Dembinska, the two men were in the process of burglarizing a residence in the Town of Guilford when police drove through the area in a search for an unrelated individual. <\/p>\n
While attempting to locate another unrelated individual with an outstanding warrant on January 28, troopers and investigators spotted Audette and Schneider hiding in a field off of County Road 36 in the Town of Guilford, said Dembinska. Troopers found this suspicious and attempted to make contact with the two men. <\/p>\n
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