Police Say Teen Buglarized Home For Drugs But Found Family Instead

A 16-year-old Brighton area boy told state police he entered a Brighton Township home through an unlocked door Tuesday morning looking for drugs.

But instead two children, 9 and 12, found him in the kitchen and they alerted their father who reported a burglary in progress at about 8 a.m., according to a news release from the State Police Post in Brighton.

The teen fled from the home in the 11000 block of Newman Road, but he was stopped by a neighbor whom the father had alerted, state police said. Nothing was reported taken from the home, which is in a neighborhood about halfway between Brighton and Hartland, police said.

The teen was taken into custody, but later released to his parents, police said.

The case has been forwarded to the Livingston County Prosecutor's Office for review for possible charges.