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Third man charged in Cleveland, Tenn., church burglaries

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photo Michael Martin
photo Justin Bazzano
photo Clint Neice

The third, and believed to be final suspect in the recent Cleveland, Tenn., church burglaries was arrested on Tuesday.

Surveillance video allowed detectives to identify Michael Martin, 22, as the third suspect. After identifying Martin, Detective Bill Parks received a tip regarding his whereabouts, according to a news release from the Cleveland Police Department.

Parks and another officer went to the given address and made contact with Martin, who confessed to entering two churches and stealing and vandalizing with Neice and Bazzano, the release said.

Martin has been charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft under $500, and one count of attempted burglary.

Clint Alan Neice and Justin Lee Bazzano already have been arrested in connection to the burglaries.