Crime & Safety

Man Arrested In Troy Area Home Invasions: Police

A man has been arrested in connection with multiple home invasions in Troy and its surrounding areas, according to police.

Brian Maurice Kellum, 41, was charged with two counts of second-degree home invasion and driving without a license.
Brian Maurice Kellum, 41, was charged with two counts of second-degree home invasion and driving without a license. (Troy Police Department )

TROY, MI β€” A man has been arrested in connection with multiple home invasions in Troy and its neighboring areas, according to police.

Brian Maurice Kellum, 41, was charged with two counts of second-degree home invasion and driving without a license. He was placed in jail with a bond set at $100,000 (no 10 percent).

If convicted on the home invasion charge, he faces up to 15 years in prison.

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Officers were called to the 2100 block of E Big Beaver Rd. for a report of a home invasion at noon last Friday, according to police.

Kellum was then arrested in connection with the home invasion without incident during a traffic stop roughly two hours later that same day, according to police.

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Investigators also suspect that Kellum is involved in additional Home Invasions in Troy and the surrounding area, according to police.

No other details were released by police.

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