OTTUMWA – Two Ottumwa men are facing burglary charges after police say they broke into an abandoned home on Wednesday morning.

According to court records, 66-year-old Judson Letts and 67-year-old William Martin were captured on a security camera entering a vacant residence on Evergreen Avenue at around 6:35am, allegedly attempting to steal various items from the home. Authorities say that both men have numerous theft and burglary convictions in their respective records.

Court records show that during their arrest, officers from the Ottumwa Police Department searched Letts and found that he was in possession of a baggie that contained a crystalline substance that was later identified as methamphetamine, as well as another baggie with a green, leafy substance that was described as “consistent with marijuana.”

Letts and Martin were arrested and booked into the Wapello County Jail and they are each facing a third degree burglary charge, a Class D felony. Letts is also charged with possession of a controlled substance – third or subsequent offense, also a Class D felony. The two men had their bonds set at $5,000 each.

Both have a preliminary hearing set for July 18th.