Two teens were charged following a burglary just before 8 a.m. today and the owner of the property where they were arrested found himself in potential legal trouble, as well, Niagara County New York sheriff's deputies said.
The 43-year-old resident at a house in the 2700 block of New Road called deputies after he cornered two teens in his garage. He told deputies he had a break-in previously that he did not report, and bought the surveillance cameras to protect marijuana plants he has been growing in the garage.
Deputies said they found 51 marijuana plants growing in the garage, and notified the Niagara County Drug Task Force.
The resident said he grabbed a pistol and a bat when he saw the intruders on camera and discovered his garage door had been forced open. He and his brother trapped the teens in the garage and called authorities, while another man questioned the suspects about recent burglaries of chainsaws from his tree service business, according to a sheriff's report.
A 16-year-old boy from Lackawanna and David J. Evans, 18, of Wilson, were charged with third-degree burglary and criminal mischief. The 16-year-old was sent to the county jail on $5,000 bail and Evans on $2,500 bail.
The 16-year-old told deputies he was struck in the head while behing detained and had come to the New Road property to take the owner's marijuana plants.
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