A shattered window, and a destroyed barn, it's two signs of what took place at an Eaton County home on Thursday afternoon, but unfortunately it's not the first time the owner of the home has had to deal with a break-in...in fact it's the the fourth, but why have burglars picked the Bradley St. home?

"Well the price of scrap metal has increased," Undersheriff Fred McPhail says. He adds this home used to be full of scrap metal, and that's what the thieves were after. He also says stealing scrap metal and copper is becoming a trend across the state because the price for both items has gone up so much. And while that's one reason, McPhail says warm weather attracts crime too.

"Typically we see a rise in break-in's during the summer because of the warm climate," McPhail says. That has George Hall, a man who lives minutes away from the crime scene worried and taking extra steps to make sure everything in his house is safe.

"We lock our doors and we make sure we let our neighbors know if we're going to be away," Hall says. And, that's what Undersheriff McPhail says you have to do, because some rural residents are getting careless.

"I think people who live in rural areas where this happened aren't locking their homes or cars up," McPhail says.

He adds one of the number reasons people get burglarized is because they don't take the proper precautions to remain safe.

Late this afternoon two men, were arraigned on charges of breaking and entering in this case. They are John Parsons and Thomas Gardener. Parson's bail is 50 thousand dollars and Gardener's is set at 10 thousand dollars. If convicted both men could see up to 15 years in jail. They'll be back in court August 1st.