GREENEVILLE-Two Cocke County residents were charged Tuesday by a Greene County sheriff's deputy who stopped their car because it matched the description of a vehicle that was believed to have been involved in an attempted burglary in western Greene County.

Arrest warrants filed by Deputy Sheriff Michelle Holt said she responded to a report of an attempted burglary in progress at the western Greene County residence.

When Holt reached the scene, warrants said, a vehicle that had been seen at the residence by a witness was gone.

But an off-duty officer observed a vehicle matching the description of the one seen at the residence and relayed its description and license plate number to Deputy Holt.

Warrants said Holt then stopped the vehicle on Cedar Creek Road and found it to be driven by Michelle Lynn Colyer, 31, of 119 Summerhouse Hollow Road, Del Rio.

Deputy Holt charged Colyer with driving on a revoked license (2nd offense), failure to show proof of vehicle insurance (or financial responsibility) and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Colyer's passenger, Howard M. Strahan, 32, of 109 Greenwood Way, Newport, was charged with possession of burglary tools, according to another warrant filed by Deputy Holt.

Neither suspect was charged in connection with the alleged attempted burglary.

The arrest warrant indicated that a hammer was seen "in plain view" on the floor of the car in front of the passenger seat where Strahan was seated and that he later was found to have a pair of gloves and a "black satchel" on his person.

Bond for Colyer was set at $3,000, while bond for Strahan was set at $1,000. Both were scheduled to make initial appearances today in Greene County General Sessions Court today.