GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A father and son from Illinois traveled to West Michigan and posed as handymen or delivery drivers while they targeted the elderly for larcenies and carried out break-ins at high-end suburban homes, court records show.
They needed money for truck repairs and a child’s birthday, the father told police, court records show.
Using a hotel as their base of operations, they hit homes in at least four jurisdictions, officials said.
The mid-January crime spree ended when a local man who rented them a minivan repossessed it for violation of the rental agreement, investigators wrote. The vehicle owner called police after a search of the minivan turned up a crowbar, screwdriver, gloves, $10,000 in cash, jewelry, coins and walkie-talkies, court records show.
Father and son were arrested; a third suspect is still being sought.
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Jason L. Frank, 46, and his 20-year-old son, Cody L. Frank, face eight felony charges that could keep them locked up for decades.