Police Catch Banning Brothers In Act of Burglarizing Home

Two Banning men were behind bars Saturday, suspected of breaking into a local home this week.

The men-- who are brothers-- were arrested Friday when Banning police say they caught them red-handed, burglarizing a house on Hoffer Street, near Wilson and 8th streets.

"Upon arrival at the residence, officers located two male adults inside the house who were in the process of burglarizing the home," police said in a press release on Friday.

The men were identified as 32-year-old Carlin Johnson, and his younger brother 24-year-old Steven.

Police say they caught the two after being dispatched to a "suspicious subjects" call just before 1 a.m. Friday.

"Officers were told that two black males were seen entering a back yard of a residence while the home owner was not home," the release stated.

Online jail records indicate the two men were being held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in lieu of $35,000 bail.