Police: Two men targeted trucks around metro Detroit

Two males have been charged with racketeering for a collection of thefts from parked work vans in metro Detroit, following a multi-jurisdictional investigation, in response to Macomb prosecutors.

Andrew Walker, 27, of Detroit, and Deanote Lindsey, 27, of Harper Woods, had been formally charged in current days with working a felony enterprise for his or her alleged systematic efforts and armed theft and assault with a harmful weapon for an alleged incident, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido stated.

Walker and Lindsey allegedly focused a minimum of 17 work vans parked in residential driveways and business parking heaps at completely different instances of the day in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, Lucido stated in a information launch. Throughout one incident, when a sufferer tried to stop the suspects from fleeing with stolen property, one of many males pointed a gun on the sufferer, Lucido stated.

Lucido praised the work of the companies concerned within the case, together with the Macomb Auto Theft Job Squad, Macomb FBI Violent Crimes Taskforce, Troy Particular Investigations Unit and the police departments of Clinton Township, St. Clair Shores, Roseville and Warren.

“(The) coordinated efforts seem to have eliminated two alleged violent and brutal criminals from the streets and disrupted an alleged felony enterprise,” Lucido stated within the information launch.

Walker was arraigned final Thursday and Lindsey was arraigned Monday, each earlier than Justice of the Peace Ryan Zemke within the 41B District Court docket in Clinton Township. Zemke set Walker’s bond at $50,000 money or surety and Lindsey’s at $500,000 money or surety, the prosecutor stated. The defendants can be required to put on GPS tethers when launched.

The defendants could have a possible trigger convention earlier than Decide Sebastian Lucido on February 9.

Armed theft carries a most penalty of life in jail and felony enterprise expenses carry a most penalty of 20 years in jail.