A north Alabama duo is accused of breaking into a home and stealing the keys to a Mercedes, before leaving the car stuck in a cornfield, authorities said.
The car, a 2013 Mercedes C250, was found abandoned and covered with mud in a Limestone County field near Hatchett and Lindsey roads on Sunday.
But Stephen Young, a Limestone County sheriff’s spokesman, said the adventure began Saturday when a man and woman broke into an occupied home on Bay Pointe Drive and stole the keys to the Mercedes.
“After taking the vehicle, the suspects had taken a joy ride ending in the corn field where they got stuck,” Young said in a press release.
Investigators are looking for 24-year-old Brett Kirkland Burks and 39-year-old Stephanie Lynn Dutcher in connection with the incident, according to the sheriff’s office. Both are wanted on warrants for theft, burglary, criminal mischief and destruction of crops, authorities said.
“Investigators collected evidence from the scene that identified Burks and Dutcher as suspects,” Young said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Caleb Durden, of the Limestone County sheriff’s office, at 256-232-0111.