Michael Howie

CEDAR LAKE — Two Gary men are in custody after they were caught driving a U-Haul filled with allegedly stolen furniture and appliances from a recently-sold home in Cedar Lake's Lakeside subdivision.

Jeffrey Roche Jr., 48, and Shadell Peyton, 47, were charged Friday with felony burglary and theft of property exceeding $50,000, Level 4 and 5 offenses, respectively.

Cedar Lake police officers responded Wednesday to a burglary report in a home in the 13500 block of Lakeside Boulevard, a developer model house in the town's Lakeside subdivision. In a subsequent investigation, police learned the home, which had recently sold, had been fully furnished and had appliances but that someone had entered the house overnight and stole everything inside.

Stolen items included all furnitu

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