SHELBY TWP. (WWJ) — Two Florida men and a woman from Tennessee are facing more than a dozen charges each for allegedly breaking into multiple cars across Metro Detroit.
The Shelby Township Police Department got four separate reports the morning of March 14 that residents had their cars broken into and items stolen.
Officials say all four incidents involved the suspects smashing out windows to get into the cars.
Security video footage showed two suspects arriving to each scene in a silver Mazda SUV and fleeing the scene after stealing items.
Investigators were able to identify the suspect vehicle as a rental car from Florida, according to the Shelby Twp. Police Department.
With the help of the Troy Police Department, authorities were able to find the car in Rochester and detectives from both departments began surveillance on the vehicle.
In the early morning hours of March 15, detectives followed a vehicle from a home and saw the same suspects breaking into another car in Rochester Hills.
Police were then able to arrest the two suspects and recover items that had been stolen. Authorities have not revealed what was taken in the alleged break-ins.
Three more people were detained after police executed a search warrant in Rochester. Where authorities found the car used in the crimes parked in the garage.
Danarius Young of Lake Worth, Fla., Chauncey Franklin of Dania, Fla., and Kayln Croom of Cleveland, Tenn., were all arraigned Tuesday in 41-A District Court in Shelby Township.
Young, 28, Franklin, 21, and Croom, 35, were each arraigned on the following 13 charges:
• Conducting criminal enterprises
• Conspiracy to commit possession of burglar's tools
• Conspiracy to commit identity theft
• Three counts of conspiracy to commit breaking and entering a vehicle with damage
• Three counts of conspiracy to commit stealing a financial transaction device
• Four counts of conspiracy to commit malicious destruction of property
Bond was set at $250,000 for Young, $200,000 for Franklin, and $100,000 for Croom.
“As I’ve stated several times before, if you come to Shelby Township to commit a crime, we will track you down and arrest you, no matter where you come from or where you try to hide,” Shelby Township Police Chief Robert Shelide said, per a press release. “These three individuals, all from Florida and Tennessee, obviously didn’t listen to my warnings and had to learn the hard way.”
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