Two Oklahoma teenagers were arrested early Wednesday morning following a string of burglaries reported over night on the City east side.
    Jordan K. Lanning, 19, of Blackwell, Okla., and a 17 year-old juvenile from Tonkawa, Okla., were arrested after being identified by one of the break-in victims.
    Home invasions in the 600 block of East Harvey, 700 block of East Seventh and the 700 block of East Eighth were reported to police in the early morning hours Wednesday.
    Wellington Police Chief Tracy Heath said the oldest son living at the East Harvey address witnessed two males trying to break-in to the home as he lay on the sofa.
    Ariel Tazkargy, who was staying at her parent’s home during a stint from the University of Kansas, said it was brother Zak Tazkargy who identified the suspects.
    “At first he thought it might have been one of his friends so he sat up and the guy didn’t notice him. Then he heard the guy talking to someone else and realized it wasn’t his friend so he was like, ‘Hey, get out of here!’ and the two of them ran off,” she said.
    Tazkargy initially thought it might have been his sister and her friends playing a prank on him, she said, but after finding them in the opposite corner of the house, he realized it was no joke.
    Police were called to the home at around 1:49 a.m. and searched the neighborhood for the two cat burglars.
    Heath says tips from some other juveniles in the area led police straight to 19 year-old Jordan K. Lanning of Blackwell, Okla. The juveniles said they had seen someone running on foot in the 500 block of East Harvey, said Heath.
    Later a 17 year-old male of Tonkawa, Okla., was also found. Both were identified by Tazkargy after being brought back to the place of their attempted break-in.
    Lanning is being charged with aggravated burglary and is now sitting in the Sumner County Jail, while his juvenile cohort is now in the custody of the Reno County Juvenile Detention Center, according to Heath.
    Ariel Tazkargy says she’s grateful for the fast response and catch of the burglars.
    “At first I didn’t think they’d do anything; that they wouldn’t catch the guy,” she said of the police department. “But they caught him and the other guy that was with him. They had everyone out looking for him.”