WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — A West Bloomfield man was arrested after a raid at a home found guns, counterfeit cash, victims' personal documents and more.
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According to the West Bloomfield Police Department, the special response team raided a home in the 7800 block of Timberlane Trail around 6 a.m. Wednesday.
During the raid, they found:
- Semiautomatic pistols
- Shotgun
- Magazines both loaded and unloaded
- Laptops, tablet and smart phones
- Prescription pills
- Checks in victims’ names
- Credit Cards
- US Currency
- Counterfeit Currency
- Victims’ Financial documents, mail and driver's licenses
- Computer
- Credit card reader/ encoder
- Digital Camera
- Notebooks with personal victim information
The suspect, 19-year-old Deago Harrell, was arrested and charged with one count of Uttering and Publishing Counterfeit Bills or Notes. He was arraigned on those charges and given a $75,000 cash/surety bond.
For Dulce Mulvihill and other neighbors on Timerlane Trail, it was an alarming start to the day.
"I heard screaming. 'Put your hands up.' It was scary," Mulvihill said.
"We had intelligence the suspect had firearms and there is evidence of possibly re-coding credit cards," West Bloomfield Police Chief Dale Young said.
According to Young, a prior case led to the search warrant.
"There’s bankers' boxes full of financial statements. There is a number of victims we haven’t identified yet," Young said.
