Man posed as utility worker charged with murder over home invasion as police hunt second suspect
A man who was caught on camera posing as a utility worker to gain entrance to a Michigan house on Friday has been charged with murdering a man in a "gruesome" attack and tying up his wife, prosecutors said Sunday.
A man who was caught on camera posing as a utility worker to gain entrance to a Michigan house on Friday has been charged with murdering a man in a "gruesome" attack and tying up his wife, prosecutors said Sunday.
Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, from Dearborn, Michigan, was arrested in Louisiana and charged with felony murder and two counts of unlawful imprisonment, Oakland County Sheriff's Office said Sunday.
Authorities released doorbell camera footage showing Hernandez and another man wearing masks and yellow fluorescent vests, asking for entry to the house in Rochester Hills, a Detroit suburb, claiming they were from a local energy company. "We're DTE, we're checking for gas leaks," Hernandez is heard to say.
The pair had a phony work order on a clipboard and fake ID badges.
Hernandez was arrested on Saturday in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office which took him into custody after spotting him traveling south on I-49 from Arkansas. There is also a warrant for his arrest in Ohio in connection with an alleged armed robbery there.
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