Hancock County Sheriff Steve Garber reports that last Friday at about 5:30 p.m., Deputy Charles Lafontaine and Deputy Matt Foreman were dispatched to V-Bar Road in the Standard Community in reference to a burglary in progress.

Carver said the homeowner pulled up and scared the suspects off into the woods. The homeowner then called the Sheriff’s Department who sent out deputies.

“Apparently the home owner surprised these two and they tried to get away,” said Chief Investigator Kenny Hurt, in a press release from the department.

Upon the deputies’ arrival they found Kenneth Wayne Ponder, 36, of Christianburg, Va., and Steven Lee West 27, also of Christianburg, Va., attempting to get into a vehicle driven by Kasondar Rena Morse 32, of Moss Point, the release states. All were detained by deputies in the general area of the incident, Carver said.

Investigator H. Matthew Carver is in charge of this investigation.

Both Ponder and West are also wanted in Virginia on felony warrants. All three suspects were charged with residential burglary. Morse was additionally charged with felony possession of a controlled substance after an inventory of her vehicle uncovered some illegal drugs. Narcotics Agent David Dear is handling the narcotics portion of this case, the release states.

“We found a lot of items in the car and we’re not sure if they are stolen or not. We’ll be getting with all the local agencies to see if they have any similar items missing. There may be more charges filed against them,” Carver said in the release.