DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – Police have charged two men with stealing construction equipment from Dothan’s under-construction animal shelter.

Williams Allen Navarre, 43, of Dothan, and Bobby Gene Chandler, 50, of Atlanta, face burglary charges.

“The theft was discovered on Nov. 4 when workers returned from the weekend to find items missing from the job site,” Dothan Police Lt. Scott Owens said in a statement issued Friday morning.

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Officers charged Navarre with one count of theft of property in the first degree and one count of burglary in the third degree, with bonds totaling $10,000. Chandler faces charges of 1st degree theft of property and 3rd degree burglary with bonds totaling $20,000.

“Investigators used a variety of investigative techniques, including surveillance cameras, and identified suspects in the theft,” Owens said.

The animal shelter is under construction along Hartford Expressway near Honeysuckle Road.

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