Arnold Lee Bracy, 24, of Flint and Terry Bernard Brown, 26, of Mt. Morris face charges in at least six cases of breaking and entering in the Clarkston area.
They were arrested, Oct. 20, at Clarkston and Clintonville roads after a witness in the 4000 block of Indianwood Drive reported a break in.
Their apparent MO: case neighborhoods while on the job, in this case caring for a mentally-impaired adult.
‘They were using an impaired adult as cover,? said Lt. Dale LaBair. ‘We linked them to at least half a dozen B&E cases ? this area has been hammered by B&Es. It’s getting ugly.?
The home owner watched from an upstairs window as Bracy, one of three men in a tan car, approached her house and pounded on the front door. She saw he was hearing a T-shirt with a landscaping logo on it, but lost sight of him. She then heard a loud bang at her rear basement door and the home alarm went off. She called 911 and locked herself in a car in her garage until deputies arrived.
The basement sliding door was forced open, and the suspect apparently fled when the alarm went off.
A deputy on patrol saw a car matching the description on Clarkston Road at Eston, turned around and pulled it over at Clintonville. One of the suspects was wearing a T-shirt matching the resident’s description.
Bracy said there were returning home from a visit to a park in Lake Orion. With a K-9 police dog providing security, Bracy and Brown were arrested for breaking and entering. Deputies found stereo equipment, camera, sledge hammer, pry bar, jewelry, electric saw, DVDs and other items in the car.
Bracy was arraigned in 52-2 District Court on charges of Home Invasion, first and second degrees, and Brown was arraigned on charges of receiving, concealing, and possession of stolen property.
First degree home invasion is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and $5,000 fine. Home invasion second degree can get up to 15 years in prison, $3,000 fine. Concealing stolen property is also a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, based on the amount stolen.
They are being held in Oakland County Jail.