UPDATE: Two men have been charged in connection with a break-in that took place earlier this month at a smoke shop in Hopkins.

On Monday Wesley A. Peve, 17, Marvyille and Shylar R. Gray, 21, Hopkins were each charged with two felonies in Nodaway County. One for second degree burglary and one for theft/stealing in connection with an incident that took place on July 18 at The Smoke Shop located at 202 N. 2nd Street in Hopkins.

The Maryville Daily Forum reports that Sheriff’s deputies began investigating the break-in after the store owner reported arriving at work the morning of the 18th to find one of the building’s doors unlocked and items missing from inside.

According to court documents around $5,000 of merchandise was stolen.

Deputy Ronald Long said in the probable cause statement that after reading the defendants their Miranda Rights both confessed during interviews that together they entered the closed business without the owner’s permission and stealing merchandise while in the business.  They also named a third individual according to the documents who has not yet been charged