FROM SUBMITTED REPORTS

Joel Rene Perez

Hays County sheriff’s deputies caught two burglars in the act of stealing a safe from a San Marcos area home this afternoon, authorities said.

At about 2 p.m. Thursday, a resident reported a burglary in progress at his home in the 300 block of Woodrose Street in the Regency Mobile Home Park on Post Road, Lt. Jeri Skroki said. The homeowner provided a 911 dispatcher with a description of burglars he observed on his cell phone via a surveillance camera. Officers were on the scene within a minute, Skroki said.

Oscar Perez Jr.

San Marcos Police Department officers also responded to the burglary.Joel Rene Perez, a 20-year-old San Marcos resident, and Oscar Perez Jr., a 21-year-old Kyle resident, were arrested wafter a short foot chase. A 24-year-old Kyle resident “initially thought to be involved in the incident [was] cleared” after being arrested at the scene, Skroki said in an email this evening.