Couple arrives home to a Burglary in Progress

 Sheriff Mick Epperly announced today that on April 29^th, Officers were dispatched to the Mineral Springs area in reference to a Burglary in Progress.  Sgt. Kalbaugh and Reserve Office Chris Hutson were advised that the homeowners came home from church to find a strange car in the driveway.  They immediately called 911 and did not enter the residence.   When officers arrived the suspect was still in the residence, when Officer Hutson rounded the corner of the house he observed a white female with a bag full of items lying on the ground beside her.  Sgt. Kalbaugh and Reserve Officer Hutson took into custody 35 year old Melissa K Lowery who was transported to the Barry County Jail where she is being held on a Burglary 2^nd Degree Charge with a 25,000 bond and Stealing with a bond of 3,500.