Two sisters arrested in short time following burglary at store in Fred

Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford and his deputies wasted no time in identifying two suspects and making an arrest following a burglary that occurred late Monday evening in the small community of Fred. Weatherford said deputies were dispatched to the Country Corner Store on Highway 92, shortly before midnight when it was reported that the alarm of the business was sounding. Officers said that upon arrival they found that the business has been broken into and that a large amount of cash along with cigarettes and other items had been stolen. However, deputies reviewed video surveillance and soon identified a former employee of the store and her sister as suspects A short time later the deputies went to a home on County Road 464o where they not only found the suspects, Haley Knighten, age 21, and Jamie Knighten, age 17, but also a large amount of money and other items allegedly taken in the break in. The Knighten sisters were immediately transported to the Tyler County Jail in Woodville where they were each charged with the felony crime of Burglary of a Building.