Two Williamsburg residents allegedly stole a pair of heat pumps, which were valued at nearly $3,000 each, from a church earlier this month and then used the money to buy pills, according to a Whitley County Sheriff’s Department press release.
Sheriff Colan Harrell announced late Friday afternoon that deputies had charged Anthony Anderson, 23, of 510 Reynolds Hollow, and Andy R. Rhodes, 26, of 298 Frakes Road, with theft by unlawful taking over $500 in connection to the Nov. 7 theft of two Leuxare heat pumps from Corner Stone Church, which is located along Highway 92E in the Siler community.
The two heat pumps were valued at $2,959 each.
"By admission of one of the accused, they received $58 for the items and they bought one and one-half pills with the money they received," Harrell said in a press release.
Both men were lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center.
"The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department would like to thank to Kentucky State Police Trooper David Lassiter, Williamsburg Police Department Chief Wayne Bird and Detective Bobby Freeman for their assistance in the investigation," Harrell said.
Sheriff’s deputies Jeff Anderson and Todd Shelley are the investigating officers.
