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ILLINOIS (WAND)- Three central Illinois men are facing the possibility of decades behind bars after detectives said they were busted for breaking into police cars.

Macon County Sheriff deputies said in court documents it all started with a call for stolen air pods. Decatur Police served a search warrant at a home in Cerro Gordo on August 26th for the air pods reported stolen from Morton. Inside the home on North Adams Street, officers found a Macon County Sheriff's office Remington shotgun and body armor. Officers say Blaine Manks was living there, but fled when police arrived at the scene.

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Manks was finally tracked down August 30th at an apartment in Sullivan. Deputies also found Parker Wallace and three more stolen guns in the apartment. During questioning, Wallace told detectives he and Manks were behind several car burglaries.

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Detectives then tracked down a third man, Cameron Edwards, believed to be involved in the theft ring. Deputies found him at the same North Adams Street home in Cerro Gordon. Inside were two AR-15s behind a false wall- taken from police cars in Springfield and Menard. Edwards later admitted to being involved in 30 car thefts with Manks- all targeting police cars.

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Manks, Wallace and Edwards are now being held on charges of possession of stolen firearms, criminal damage to government property and burglary.

Edwards is due back in court on Thursday morning.

WAND News will continue following this developing story.

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