A 22-year-old White Lake Township man was awaiting arraignment on Monday on charges of home invasion and repeated threats against a former girlfriend in Independence Township.
The suspect’s threats of physical violence, up to and including murder, included multiple telephone calls and went so far as to include statements recorded on an Oakland County Sheriff patrol car video camera after his arrest on Jan. 9.
Deputies were first called to an address on Eastlawn Avenue on Jan. 8, when the victim said the suspect threw a telephone at her during an argument. While the suspect is no longer welcome in the home, he apparently still has a key, reports said.
Deputies returned around 1 a.m. on Jan. 9, after the suspect allegedly called to tell the woman he was on his way over to the home with a gun to kill her, reports said.
While deputies were at the woman’s home, the suspect called again. Without identifying himself, a deputy answered the phone and arranged a meeting with the suspect at the Clarkston Renaissance High School.
On Waldon Road near the school campus, patrol units stopped a vehicle in which the suspect was a passenger and took him into custody.
The driver, the suspect’s mother, said she had been held against her will and confirmed that the man had been at the woman’s home earlier. In addition to being in the home, the suspect allegedly went through a vehicle in the woman’s driveway.
Reports said the suspect continued to make threats against the woman after his arrest. In one instance, the man was in the rear seat of a patrol car with the deputy’s video camera pointed at him.
The man had gained early release from prison in December after a previous conviction for felonious assault, reports said.