A Morgantown woman has been arrested on a burglary charge after being accused of entering a home while the owners were at church.
On Sunday, Morgantown police responded to a residence on Veteran’s Way after the homeowners surveillance video showed a woman, 56-year-old Kebra Howe, illegally enter the home, according to Morgantown Police Chief Giles Taylor.
The homeowners were at church Sunday morning when Howe, who is known to the victims, entered the residence.
Howe was arrested and charged with second-degree burglary and lodged in the Butler County Jail.
“A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree when, with the intent to commit
a crime, he or she knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling,” according to Kentucky Revised Statutes.
The charge is a class C felony except when the crime occurs during a “declared emergency … arising from a natural or man-made disaster, within the area covered by the emergency declaration, and within the area impacted by the disaster, in which case it is a Class B felony.”
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
