ROME, N.Y. -- Two Rome residents used an unusual means to break into a man's apartment this weekend: they went through a hole in the wall, police said.

Members of the Rome Police Department responded to a burglary call on Saturday at an apartment complex at 521 West Dominick St.

Linda A. Shepard

A man told police his apartment was broken into and two firearms were stolen, police said.

One of the suspects lived in an apartment next to the man's apartment, said police Captain Tim Bates. The apartments shared a wall, he said.

When the man was out of the house, the two cut a hole in the wall connecting two homes, he said.

They went through the hole, stole the man's guns -- a shotgun and a handgun -- and then tried to patch the drywall, Bates said.

Myles D. Stewart

Linda A. Shepard, 40, of West Dominick Street, and Myles D. Stewart, 23, who lives on Route 26 in Lee Center, were arrested by investigators and charged with second-degree burglary, a felony. They are being held in the Oneida County Jail, according to inmate records.

Both guns were recovered, police said.