Crime & Safety

Second Suspect Caught by GPS Software Arraigned

Probable cause hearing Thursday for suspects tracked through GPS software in computer stolen in Bloomfield Township burglary.

Raymond Renard-Lenor Gee, 19, of Pontiac, was arraigned on home invasion charges Monday in connection with a Nov. 23 Bloomfield Township burglary.

A second suspect was arraigned Monday in a residential burglary in which televisions, a gaming system and computers, one with GPS tracking software that helped Bloomfield Township police locate one alleged burglars.

Raymond Renard-Lenor Gee, 19, of Pontiac, was arraigned by video from the Oakland County Jail on second-degree home invasion charges before 48th District Judge Diane Dickow D’Agostini, who set bond at $200,000 cash.

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Earlier, Gee’s co-defendant, Christopher Eric Dietrich, 23, of Pontiac, was arraigned on the same charge. He remains in the Oakland County Jail on $200,000 cash bond.

A probable cause for both men is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday before 48th District Court Judge Marc Barron.

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The charges stem from a burglary in the 400 block of Evansdale on Nov. 23. The homeowner told investigators with the Bloomfield Township Police Department that he left his home about 4 p.m. on the day of the burglary and came home about an hour later to discover someone had broken in the back door. Televisions, computers and a gaming system were taken.

Bloomfield Township police — assisted in the investigation by the Troy Special Investigation Unit, Oakland County Violent Crimes Task Force, Oakland County Sheriff Department, and Auburn Hills Police Department — said investigators also found evidence that may tie the defendants to a home invasion in Auburn Hills that also occurred on Nov. 23.

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