FLINT, MI – A 14-year-old and 15-year-old have been charged as juveniles in connection with the theft of several brand-new vehicles and attempting to snatch a safe from an ATM at a Flint Township bank.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the teenagers are being charged with several offenses including safe breaking, malicious destruction of a building, $20,000 or more, and nine counts of unlawful driving away of an automobile.

The charges come after eight 2020 Chevy and GMC trucks were stolen from an overflow parking lot in the area and spotted around 6 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 headed southbound on Grand Traverse Street and Hemphill Road.

Michigan State Police troopers responded to the intersection and began to search for the vehicles.

A call was received a short time later from central dispatch by OnStar about an unoccupied 2020 Chevrolet Silverado found at Sovita Credit Union, 4411 Calkins Road, in Flint Township that had appeared to have rammed into an ATM in an attempt to get at the money, Michigan State Police Lt. Dave Kaiser previously said.

A second OnStar call came into central dispatch reporting a signal from one of the stolen vehicles was spotted in a wooded area near Stalker School on Walton Avenue off Flushing Road in Flint Township.

Six of the stolen trucks were located by police in the woods still running. Several suspects were also spotted in the vicinity, Kaiser said.

“Upon seeing the patrol cars several subjects jumped out of the running vehicles and fled on foot and bicycles,” noted Kaiser. “A perimeter was quickly established by Michigan State Police and local law enforcement personnel.”

One person was taken into custody while attempting to flee the wooded area. A second person was taken into custody a short time later along with the discovery of an eighth truck.

Kaiser said troopers were able to match the footprints from the bank scene to the suspect found in the woods.

He was transported back to the state police post in Flint Township and has been cooperative as part of the ongoing investigation.

Additional arrests are expected, but Kaiser said none have been made as of Tuesday afternoon.

The juveniles remain in custody, Leyton said, noting he does not intend to charge them as adults in the case.