Greer Teens Face More Charges in Church Burglaries

Two Greer teens face additional charges in a series of church burglaries in the Greer area.

Greenville County Sheriff's Office has charged 19-year-old Elex Tyrell Gregory and 18-year-old Dezmund Trevon Cohen in connection with two church burglaries in Greenville County. Both have been charged with two counts of Burglary 2nd Degree and two counts of Malicious Injury to Place of Worship and Petit Larceny.

Deputies said that on July 19, 2013 they received complaints that
Washington Baptist Church, 3500 N. Highway 14, Greer and Pleasant 
Grove Baptist Church, 1002 S. Buncombe Road, Greer, had been burglarized within hours of one another.

Through the course of the investigation, deputies were able to connect Gregory and Cohen to the burglaries. 

Cohen and Gregory were arrested earlier this week in connection with five church burglaries in the City of Greer.