COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Louisiana man is facing nine charges following a series of break ins in Bronson and Noble Townships that authorities say took place in April 2014.
21-year-old George Joseph Wharton was arraigned Friday in Branch County District Court on six counts of home invasion and three counts of safe breaking.
Bond has been set at $100,000.
Wharton was booked at the Branch County Jail following an investigation by the Michigan State Police and the Branch County Sheriff’s Department.
Wharton was one of the suspects wanted by authorities in connection with five daylight residential burglaries April 15, 2014. Nobody was home in all of the break ins.
State Police said at the time that a large amount of coins were among the items taken.
The homes broken into were located along sections of Slisher, Pleasant Hill, Burr Oak, Prairie River and Douglas Roads.
