Two charged with burglary at Barrington church

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Two men have been charged with breaking into a northwest suburban Barrington church Sunday afternoon.

John Ference, 38, and Steven Olcikas, 36, tried to break into a safe at St. Anne Catholic Church about 4:20 p.m., according to a statement from Barrington police.

Police were called to the church, and the men were still at the scene when officers arrived, police said.

Ference, of McHenry, and Olcikas, of Island Lake, were each charged with one felony count of burglary to a place of worship, police said. They were ordered held on a $100,000 bond each.

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