JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - All that was missing was a keg of rum. And a body of water.

Authorities say two men fired shots during a break-in Wednesday night at a Jefferson County business. The burglars' getaway car was a pontoon boat which, of course, was on dry land.

No one was injured, and the pair was captured.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of shots fired at Lynnport Industries on Atwood Ferry Road in Mulga. When they arrived, an employee told them he had found two men inside the warehouse, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.

The employee confronted them, and the men ran back out through the business's gates and boarded a pontoon boat they had parked down the road. When the employee approached them, one of the suspects opened fire with a shotgun.

The employee retreated, and called the sheriff's office.

Deputies found the pontoon boat on a trailer attached to a pickup truck near the road. The men yelled obscenities but were taken off the boat and into custody.

Both were intoxicated, Christian said. Their "pirate vessel" was impounded.

Coy Michael Falls, 55, of Quinton, is charged with third-degree burglary, menacing and disorderly conduct. He is being held in the Jefferson County Jail with bond set at $22,000.

Austin Blackwell, 19, of Mulga, is charged with third-degree burglary and disorderly conduct. He remains jailed with bond set at $16,000.

"I don't know which one was the captain of the ship but I'm gonna guess it's the Nick Nolte looking one,'' Christian said. "Who commits a burglary while towing a pontoon boat? Definitely a clown alert here."