Two teens arrested in Magnolia Springs store burglary

FAIRHOPE, Alabama 
Two Fairhope teens charged with breaking into a Magnolia Springs gas station told investigators they planned to sell stolen incense at their high school, authorities said today.
The two 17-year-olds were charged with breaking into the Minute Stop/Pure Fuel Station on U.S. 98 in Magnolia Springs. After releasing reports on the break-in, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office received calls from residents that led them to the suspects, according to a Sheriff’s Office statement.
Investigators also found a small amount of the stolen property.
The two teens, who were not identified because of their age, confessed to the break- in and told investigators they planned to sell the potpourri incense stolen in the burglary at Fairhope High School. At $10 a pack, they hoped to raise $1,000, according to the statement.
The two students were released to the custody of their parents.
The station was broken into Aug. 27 when the door was smashed by a someone wielding a sledgehammer, according to an earlier sheriff’s statement. Surveillance cameras photographed two men with covered faces taking the cash register and other items.
Patrol deputies reached the scene within 45 seconds of the alarm going off, but the burglars had already left. Tracking dogs followed a scent trail to another location where authorities believe the burglars got into a car and left the area.