Two Teens Charged in Burglary Near Gilbert

Lexington County deputies arrested two 17-year-olds in connection with a burglary at a home near Gilbert.

Dalton Wayne Heywood, of Leesville, and Travis James Trapp, 17, of Monetta, were charged with third-degree burglary, Sheriff James Metts said.

Deputies say the teens unlawfully entered a garage outside a Green Hills Drive home at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday and stole two toolboxes, a battery charger and an arc welder.

One of the toolboxes was found in the bed of a 2005 black Dodge Ram pickup truck that was parked outside the garage, according to a sheriff’s department release. The pickup truck is registered to one of Trapp's relatives.

Deputies responding to a burglary call at the home saw that a window had been shattered on a door that is used to access the garage, Metts said. Deputies caught the teens walking out of the garage’s entry door, carrying the second toolbox.

The teens were being held on Thursday at the Lexington County Detention Center awaiting bond hearings.