Bartholomew County deputies arrested two men suspected of burglarizing a home in the Taylorsville area, taking items including a shotgun.

Deputies were called to Taylorsville Elementary School at about 4 p.m. Tuesday on a report of suspicious people in the area, including one carrying the weapon. When officers arrived the man holding the shotgun dropped it and fled. As he ran he began dropping other items, which police later discovered had also allegedly been stolen,

The sheriff’s department police dog Diesel was brought in and began tracking the man, who was eventually found in the backyard of a nearby home. He initially resisted arrest and was bitten by Diesel, deputies report.

Police recovered items reported stolen from a residence in Heritage Heights Mobile Home Park including the double-barreled 20-gauge shotgun, handgun ammunition and a laptop.

40-year-old Joshua Prather of Paragon is facing charges of burglary and resisting law enforcement. 21-year-old Ricky Reed, who started to run but then surrendered to police, is facing a preliminary charge of burglary.