A homeowner is credited with stopping a burglary in process, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.A release said deputies were called on Wednesday to Martin Road in Starr about a burglary in progress. Deputies said that when they arrived, “the homeowner had things well under control.”The homeowner confronted two men who he said went into a storage building behind the home. After the homeowner confronted the men, they locked the door of the building, the release said. When the homeowner got a gun and told the men to come of the building, they came out.Deputies said they arrived about three minutes later. They said they found a pair of amplifiers in a wooded area behind the storage building and a box of O-rings in the pocket of one of the suspect’s that belongs to the homeowner.Terry Cecil Barker, 20, of Starr, and Alan Keith Sawyer, 26, of Anderson, were taken into custody and charged with third-degree burglary.Barker and Sawyer were being held in the Anderson County Detention Center pending bond hearings.

A homeowner is credited with stopping a burglary in process, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

A release said deputies were called on Wednesday to Martin Road in Starr about a burglary in progress. Deputies said that when they arrived, “the homeowner had things well under control.”


The homeowner confronted two men who he said went into a storage building behind the home. After the homeowner confronted the men, they locked the door of the building, the release said. When the homeowner got a gun and told the men to come of the building, they came out.

Deputies said they arrived about three minutes later. They said they found a pair of amplifiers in a wooded area behind the storage building and a box of O-rings in the pocket of one of the suspect’s that belongs to the homeowner.

Terry Cecil Barker, 20, of Starr, and Alan Keith Sawyer, 26, of Anderson, were taken into custody and charged with third-degree burglary.

Barker and Sawyer were being held in the Anderson County Detention Center pending bond hearings.