State police have arrested two men who are accused of breaking into one Tolland home and stealing a baseball bat and several other items, then committing a home invasion in another Tolland home and stealing alcohol, the top of the homeowner’s wedding cake, a laptop and a purse.
Eric Rawson, 26, of Manchester, and 24-year-old Zachary Jurewicz, of Vernon, are accused of breaking into a house on Old Stafford Road in Tolland Sunday as the homeowner and his juvenile daughter were home, and stealing several items, including a baseball bat that they used to hit several items on the property, according to police.
Then, police said, they broke into a house on Fernwood Road.
The owner of the Fernwood Road residence said she was in her bedroom upstairs, walked out after hearing two male voices in her home and saw two men, including one who was holding a baseball bat.
The two men ran from the house and into the woods with a purse, alcohol, the top of the homeowner’s wedding cake that had been in the freezer and a laptop, police said.
A state police K-9 found Rawson and Jurewicz and both men were charged with home invasion, first-degree burglary, fifth- and sixth-degree larceny, disorderly conduct, first-degree risk of injury to a child, second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and breach of peace, according to police.
