Teens Accused Of Breaking Church Window, Stealing $400 Guitar

Deputies have arrested two people they say stole a guitar from a Hartford church in June.

Justin Wilkerson, 18, and Dakota Ham, 18, were arrested in connection with commercial burglary. Ham was released on $7,500 bond. Wilkerson remains in the Sebastian County Detention Center on $2,000 bond.

Ham and Wilkerson are accused of breaking out a window in the Hartford Assembly of God church, then stealing a $400 bass guitar.

Sheriff’s office deputies recovered the guitar at a pawn shop in the Mansfield area, according to the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office.

Commercial burglary is a Class C felony that can carry up to 10 years in prison.

Hartford police also assisted in the investigation.