Lawmen are searching for two Birmingham brothers charged in a suspected burglary at a Center Point cell phone store where one of them was the assistant manager.

Vincent Warren Long, 28, and Joseph Daniel Long, 21, both are charged with first-degree theft, said Jefferson County sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Christian. They remain at large.

Deputies responded about 1 a.m. on June 4, 2017 to a burglary alarm at the T-Mobile store on Center Point Parkway. Deputies contacted the store manager who met them at the scene and found 113 cell phones, as well as a large amount cash, missing from the store, Christian said.

A sheriff's detective assigned to the case checked surrounding businesses for video surveillance cameras. A nearby ATM was found to have a camera that had a clear view of the front of the T-Mobile store, and a review of that video showed two men both wearing T-Mobile shirts loading items into their vehicles after the store had closed.

The detective interviewed the employees of the store. Only three employees had keys to the store and the safe combination.

The investigation showed that the Long brothers had committed the theft and staged it to appear as a burglary to deflect suspicion of them. Vincent Warren Long was the assistant store manager, and his brother, Joseph Daniel Long, also was employed by T-Mobile.

"You give someone a job, a promotion and your trust and this is how they repay you,'' Christian said. "That's pretty sad."

Anyone with information on their location is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.