By Billy Davis

Batesville police used surveillance video at a Kangaroo Express store to track a pair of burglary suspects to the nearby jobs corps center. 

The store is located along Highway 51 South at the intersection with Eureka Street.

Police arrested Demarcus Bell, 18, of Crenshaw, and Christopher Lawrence Overton, 18, of Memphis.

Burglars broke a store window Friday night and stole cigars and cigarettes. They then returned Sunday night and broke a second window to steal similar items, said BPD Detective George Williford.

Cigars and seven packs of Newport cigarettes were stolen Sunday, according to a police report from Sgt. Shawn Dalton.

Camera footage from Sunday showed the burglars breaking the store window at 10:51 p.m. They were gone by 10:55.

Police showed a still image from camera footage to job corps personnel, who recognized one of the suspects as a student, Williford said.

A second student was also arrested and police believe a third suspect was involved, said the detective. 

Williford said a padlock was stuffed into a pillowcase to break the store windows. Both items are issued to job corps students, he said.