Police officers and two suspects were decontaminated after the alleged thieves broke into murder-for-hire suspect Preston Rhoads' condemned home Monday morning.According to police, Ramon Oliver Stephens II, 32, and Kevin Thomas Phillips, 34, broke into Rhoads' vacant home in the 11000 block of North McKinley around 2:30 a.m. and stole eight plastic water bottles and a Yamaha surround sound system.Police said the men did not notice or disregarded posted signs warning that the house was not safe to enter after a non-weaponized, or less-lethal, form of Ricin was discovered in the house last month. According to police, officers also didn't notice posted signs and entered the house to arrest the two men.Officers immediately notified the appropriate authorities when they realized the home was dangerous to enter.The suspects and officers, as well as their cars, were later decontaminated. Phillips and Stephens were isolated in the Oklahoma County jail for safety reasons.Police said no one suffered adverse health effects due to the exposure. Police said Rhoads' home is not under surveillance, but has not been fully processed and cleaned.Stephens and Phillips are facing burglary charges.

Police officers and two suspects were decontaminated after the alleged thieves broke into murder-for-hire suspect Preston Rhoads' condemned home Monday morning.

According to police, Ramon Oliver Stephens II, 32, and Kevin Thomas Phillips, 34, broke into Rhoads' vacant home in the 11000 block of North McKinley around 2:30 a.m. and stole eight plastic water bottles and a Yamaha surround sound system.

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Police said the men did not notice or disregarded posted signs warning that the house was not safe to enter after a non-weaponized, or less-lethal, form of Ricin was discovered in the house last month. According to police, officers also didn't notice posted signs and entered the house to arrest the two men.

Officers immediately notified the appropriate authorities when they realized the home was dangerous to enter.

The suspects and officers, as well as their cars, were later decontaminated. Phillips and Stephens were isolated in the Oklahoma County jail for safety reasons.

Police said no one suffered adverse health effects due to the exposure. Police said Rhoads' home is not under surveillance, but has not been fully processed and cleaned.

Stephens and Phillips are facing burglary charges.

