Two Adairsville men have been arrested and charged in connection with several church break-ins in the area.
Andrew Lee Sauseda Jr., 19, and Caleb Linwood Cain, 17, were arrested after an investigation by the Adairsville Police Department and the Bartow County Sheriff's Office.
Five people are tied to the burglaries, all of which occurred in January in northern Bartow County.
The names of the other three individuals have not been released.
The churches involved include Stoner's Chapel Baptist Church, Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Grace Temple Church, Community House of Prayer and Church of The Covenant. Two of the churches reported that a theft occurred during the burglary.
Investigators recovered a bass guitar, which had been stolen from the Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.