Arrest Made in Connection to Home Invasions in Shelby Township

The following information was obtained from the Troy Police Department on Tuesday. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

A man who police believe to be responsible for at least 15-20 home invasions in Metro Detroit—including Shelby Township—was arrested in Rochester Hills last week, according to Troy police.

D’Mario Darrell Thornton, 32, was arrested without incident after Troy Police, deputies from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, and South Oakland Narcotic Investigation Consortium officers say they saw him break into a Rochester Hills home on the evening of March 26.

Later, a search of his car, a 2009 White Cadillac Escalade, and his residence in Sterling Heights led to the recovery of stolen televisions, electronics, jewelry, collectibles and currency from homes in Rochester Hills, Shelby Township, West Bloomfield Township, Troy, Rochester, and Novi. However, several items recovered remain unidentified.

Thornton was arraigned at 52-2 District Court in Rochester Hills on one count of home invasion. His preliminary exam date has not been set. At the time of the arrest, Thornton was on parole out of California for home invasion. He's being held at Oakland County Jail on $1 million bond with no 10 percent surety.

Call Troy Police at 248-524-3447 if you have any information about these incidents. For questions about this report, email local editor Tim Rath at tim.rath@patch.com.

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