Two Grantsville Women Arrested For Breaking Into Abandoned House

Two Grantsville women are behind bars after allegedly breaking into an abandoned home, According to Cumberland Police  November 15th officers responded to a report of a breaking and entering of an abandoned house on Cecelia Street. A witness told officers he observed two females force open a rear door to the residence and enter.  He stated the females were still inside the residence.  Officers then searched the residence and heard the two females.  Officers located the females and identified them as 33 year old Manda Dyan Keifer and 36 year old Monica Marie Bowman.  Neither subject had permission to be inside the residence.  They stated they had been staying at the residence for a few days.  While inside the residence, Officers located CDS paraphernalia in and around the belongings of the females.  Both females were placed under arrest and transported to the Cumberland Police Department.  .  Both were then remanded to the Allegany County Detention Center.  Bowman was held on $10,000 bond and Keifer was held on $6,000 bond. Both face charges of burglary, trespassing and drug paraphernalia possession.