By Heidi Sunderman
Staff Writer
A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were charged for one burglary and one attempted burglary in the city of Perham.
Both crimes alledgedly occurred between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15.
One of the burglaries was reported on May 18, with a Perham resident reporting the theft of money from her house. According to police records, the woman had over $500 cash stolen from her purse.
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This burglary was assumed to have occurred between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the 15th, when the homeowners were out of the house. The house was not locked when the burglary occurred.
In addition to this theft in southwest Perham, another attempted burglary was called in the same day only a few blocks away. This time, the house the young pair attempted to break into was occupied.
At 4:30 p.m., police received a call from a 10-year-old boy reporting that two people were breaking into his house. The boy called 911 after allegedly walking into the kitchen and seeing one boy and one girl trying to crawl in through the window located inside the back porch of his house.
According to the police report, the boy told the intruders to leave and the two juveniles took off running.
Perham police were able to track down the suspects and are charging the two juveniles with burglary. According to Perham Police Officer Mike Christopherson, the kids confessed to the crime and all of the money stolen was recovered.
