Two Port Orchard men were arrested and charged Monday with burglary following a failed attempt to steal scrap metal from a Day Road business.

Brothers Wayne and William Wiley broke into AGS Stainless early Monday morning, intent on stealing a large metal container full of scrap metal, said Deputy Police Chief Mark Duncan.

Because the container was too heavy to load in their truck, the suspects allegedly pushed it down the road with the vehicle before crashing on Miller Road. After the wreck both men got out of the truck and fled. Police arrived to find it abandoned and scrap metal strewn about the road. A Bremerton Police K-9 officer responded to the wreck and tracked down one of the suspects in the woods. The second suspect was found a short time later walking toward the Agate Pass Bridge.

A fence and gate were damaged during the incident and will cost the company – which specializes in steel cable railings – about $500 to fix. Duncan said the metal was worth about $300 and caused quite a ruckus during its brief journey, kicking up sparks and plenty of noise as it scraped along the pavement.

“One witness said it was the most God-awful noise he’d ever heard,” Duncan said.