Two men charged with stealing three Salvation Army kettles made their initial appearances before a judge Friday.
21-year-old Jeremy Baker of Northport, Ala., and 25-year-old Jonathan Vance of Meridian are charged with three counts of larceny and one count of third degree arson.
The two were arrested Thursday night at a residence at 27th Street and 33rd Avenue. area.
"We already had an identity on the suspect. We were just doing a little background information and we had already started to stake out several of the residences that he was known to visit," said Lt. James Sharpe of the Meridian Police Department.
Sharpe said Baker and Vance have confessed to being involved in at least two of the kettle thefts.
Sharpe said police were able to recover about $200 of the stolen money, and the kettle and stand taken Thursday night, which had been burned.
Bond for the suspects has been set at $5,000 each. Police expect to present the case to the next grand jury in March 2009.
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