Decatur police say a man broke into a home Wednesday morning in Decatur while there were children inside.

Christopher Jason Hovis, 42, of Toney, has been charged with second degree burglary and was being held on $5,000 bond in the Morgan County Jail in north Alabama.

According to court documents, a child called dispatchers Wednesday at about 11 a.m., reporting a burglary in progress at a home in southwest Decatur

The child said a man was inside their home going through boxes.

When the mother arrived home, she saw a shirtless man leaving the residence.

According to court documents, she chased to him a nearby Family Dollar store, where police took the man, identified as Hovis, into custody.