Dad ‘forced’ 11-year-old daughter to help him with home invasion then abandoned her at the scene when he was caught: Prosecutors

A Michigan antheral was arrested aft taking portion successful an alleged home invasion and car theft — and prosecutors said helium made his young girl assistance him.

Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax, 29, was arrested successful transportation with the location penetration of an unnamed 75-year-old antheral from Detroit and the theft of a car successful Dearborn Heights, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced successful a press release connected Monday. According to the release, the alleged location penetration took spot connected April 30 astatine astir 8:43 p.m. Broadenax was allegedly driving the stolen car and mightiness person had a rider wrong — his 11-year-old daughter.

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According to prosecutors, Broadenax “forced his 11-year-old girl to assistance him with the location invasion.” Local ABC affiliate WXYZ reported that according to dispatch audio from the nighttime of the alleged location invasion, the 75-year-old’s lad arrived astatine the spot and came upon Broadenax, who past fled the country connected ft — leaving the allegedly stolen car and his girl astatine the scene.

Detroit Police Department officers caught up with Broadenax a abbreviated clip aboriginal and arrested him. He was charged with first-degree location invasion, second-degree location invasion, larceny successful a building, receiving and concealing a centrifugal vehicle, including a insignificant to perpetrate a felony, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

At a proceeding connected Monday, Broadenax’s enslaved was doubled to $150,000 with the conditions that helium deterioration a tether and stay connected location apprehension if helium bonds out, the prosecutor’s bureau said. He is scheduled to look for a probable origin league connected May 14 and a preliminary introspection connected May 21.