Background: The Detroit, Mich. neighborhood where Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax allegedly committed a home invasion (Google Maps). Inset: Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax (Detroit Police Department).
A Michigan man was arrested after taking part in an alleged home invasion and car theft — and prosecutors said he made his young daughter help him.
Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax, 29, was taken into custody in connection with a home invasion involving a 75-year-old Detroit resident and the theft of a vehicle in Dearborn Heights, as stated by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in a press release released on Monday. According to the report, the alleged incident occurred on April 30 around 8:43 p.m. Broadenax was purportedly driving the stolen vehicle and may have had a passenger — his 11-year-old daughter.
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Prosecutors claim Broadenax “compelled his 11-year-old daughter to assist him in the home invasion.” A report from local ABC affiliate WXYZ indicated that dispatch audio from the night of the alleged crime revealed that the 75-year-old homeowner’s son arrived at the property and encountered Broadenax, prompting him to flee on foot — abandoning the allegedly stolen vehicle and his daughter at the location.
Detroit Police Department officers caught up with Broadenax a short time later and arrested him. He was charged with first-degree home invasion, second-degree home invasion, larceny in a building, receiving and concealing a motor vehicle, including a minor to commit a felony, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
At a hearing on Monday, Broadenax’s bond was doubled to $150,000 with the conditions that he wear a tether and remain on house arrest if he bonds out, the prosecutor’s office said. He is scheduled to appear for a probable cause conference on May 14 and a preliminary examination on May 21.
