4 in custody after burglary

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Four Poplar Bluff teen-agers were in custody after they were arrested Monday night for allegedly burglarizing a local residence.

Their arrests were the result of a report to police from a resident.

A woman told police three men knocked at her house, and when she opened the door they forced their way in and demanded money.

The men, who were wearing masks, had to flee after a struggle with residents.

Police said the residents provided a description of the vehicle that the intruders used to flee the scene.

Police later found a vehicle that matched the description with the suspects inside.

The four suspects were arrested and identified as John Fredrick Richie, 19, a 16-year-old boy, a 16-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.

The three juveniles were remanded into juvenile custody.

They were being held in the Butler-Ripley County Juvenile Center.

Richie was at the Butler County Jail on a Class B felony first-degree burglary charge.