Two men were arrested and arraigned last week for breaking and entering in Springfield Township, and are thought to be responsible for several similar acts throughout Oakland County.
Daniel Howard Carpenter and Nathan Allen Hundley, both of White Lake, are in custody and were arraigned Friday, June 20 at the 52-2 District Court in Clarkston after burglarizing the Town and Country Market in Davisburg, June 18.
Both are charged with breaking and entering a building with intent, a 15-year felony.
Deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department in Springfield Township were dispatched late Wednesday night to the market, which was found with a shattered glass entrance door and inside in disarray.
The suspect vehicle, a Lumina van, was spotted travelling westbound on White Lake. When a traffic stop was executed on southbound Teggerdine, the two men jumped out of the van and fled into a wooded area.
The next morning at 6:30 a.m. White Lake Police called Springfield deputies stating they had the two suspects in custody.
Hundley and Carpenter confessed they had thrown a large cement block through the front door of the market and taken off with the cash register. While on the road, they pried open the register, took the cash, then tossed the register out of the vehicle on a dirt road.
The cash register was recovered by White Lake Police. The two stole approximately $1,500.
Springfield Township Sgt. Frank Schipani said the men are suspected of breaking and entering several markets throughout Oakland County.
A preliminary exam is scheduled for Monday, June 30 at 830 a.m.