UKIAH, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office is trying to recover rifles and shotguns stolen from a Yorkville home late last month.

Capt. Kurt Smallcomb said the guns were stolen during a robbery that occurred in a home on Highway 128.

Two suspects have been arrested in the case, according to Smallcomb – Ukiah residents James Paul Miller, 23 and David Mathew Andrews, 25.

He said the burglary was discovered on the afternoon of Nov. 4. The suspects allegedly made entry into the residence by breaking a window next to the front door. Once inside, they destroyed a closet door with a hatchet and removed several rifles, shotguns, and two handguns that were secured inside.

Deputies were called to investigate the burglary and learned painters had recently been in the residence doing work, Smallcomb said.

Several days later Ukiah Police officers contacted sheriff's deputies and advised they had recovered two handguns from Andrews during a search at a local hotel. Smallcomb said the handguns were registered to the victim of this burglary, and were later determined to be stolen during this burglary.

Deputies interviewed Andrews, who was in custody in the Mendocino County Jail, and he advised them he had committed the burglary and had received information about the residence in Yorkville from his longtime friend, Miller, who is employed as a painter and had recently worked at the Yorkville residence.

Andrews and Miller allegedly went to the residence and Andrews burglarized it for the guns. Smallcomb said Andrews is alleged to have kept the handguns and Miller took the rifles and shotguns.

Smallcomb said deputies responded to Miller's residence and placed him under arrest. Deputies located a .22 caliber rifle at Miller's residence that was not related to the Yorkville burglary, but Miller is currently prohibited from possessing firearms due to a previous battery conviction.

Both Andrews and Miller were booked on burglary and conspiracy charges. Smallcomb said Miller was booked on the additional charge of being a Prohibited person in possession of firearms.

Miller is being held on $105,000 bail, Smallcomb said, with Andrews' bail set at $35,000.

Although the two handguns were recovered, the rifles and shotguns are still outstanding, Smallcomb said.

Anyone with information regarding this burglary is requested to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office at 707-463-4086.

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