The two men, Lee Baker, 20, and Daxton Rushworth, 18, are being charged with 10 counts of felony burglary, nine counts of felony property damage, four misdemeanor theft charges and one misdemeanor property damage charge.

According to court documents, the two men allegedly broke into 10 different church meetinghouses in Eagle Mountain in September.

Many items were reported to have been taken from some of the churches, such as electronics and tithing donation slips.

According to the probable cause affidavit, the total damage done to the churches is estimated to have been $17,784.

A search warrant was issued for Baker’s residence on Jan. 4 after investigators compiled various pieces of evidence, such as DNA and location data. Baker was booked into the Utah County Jail the same day without bail.

During the investigation, investigators found there were similar break-ins at church meetinghouses in Salt Lake County and Lehi, with detectives in Lehi, Herriman and South Jordan reporting they had several suspects, including Rushworth.

Police interviewed Rushworth, who confessed to breaking into the Eagle Mountain churches with Baker with the intent to steal items from the building. Baker also admitted to police to breaking into some buildings but didn’t remember all of them. He added he would enter the bishop’s offices “to get to the candy,” said the affidavit.

Rushworth is scheduled to appear in court next week and Baker was scheduled to appear Tuesday.