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From left to right, Edward William Collazo, James Diaz Collazo, Jeffrey Byron Lominac and Derrick Edward Kuhn.

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A warehouse burglary gone wrong left one man dead from electrocution and has resulted in charges against four accomplices, police revealed Thursday.

Police believe the five men were attempting to steal copper wiring from the Scio Township warehouse when the break-in occurred in December.

Investigators have ruled the death of 29-year-old Matthew Albert Vair, of Ypsilanti Township, was accidental due to electrocution, police said.

The incident dates back to Dec. 20 when deputies from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous phone call around 5 a.m. that there was a man who had been electrocuted at a warehouse in the 300 block of North Zeeb in Scio Township, according to Sgt. Geoff Fox.

The building at 300 North Zeeb in Scio Township where a man was found electrocuted in December.

"When deputies arrived on scene they observed it to be a large abandoned warehouse," Fox said. "The building was searched and deputies eventually located a white male subject on the ground near numerous power cabinets, which had their panels opened."

Investigators determined there had been several other people in the warehouse after an analysis of evidence at the scene. Police believe the four men fled the warehouse after Vair was electrocuted.

Further investigation led police to the four suspects, Fox said. Police weren't releasing any other information about what led them to the men, but said they were being cooperative.

James Diaz Collazo, 41, Jeffrey Byron Lominac, 22, Edward William Collazo, 34, all of Belleville, and Derrick Edward Kuhn, 32, of Ann Arbor, are each charged with a count of breaking and entering and a count of conspiracy to commit breaking and entering.

The four men were arraigned on the charges in January, according to court records. They appeared in court earlier this month where they had their preliminary examinations rescheduled for Tuesday, records indicate.

On Jan. 23, Lominac, Kuhn and Edward Collazo were arraigned on the charges by Magistrate Elisha Fink, who gave Lominac a bond of 10 percent of $4,000. Fink set bond for Edward William Collazo at 10 percent of $10,000 and gave Kuhn a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

James Collazo was arraigned Jan. 30 and given a $5,000 personal recognizance bond by Magistrate Thomas Truesdell. His hearing on Tuesday was rescheduled for Feb. 18, according to records.

All four of the men are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for preliminary examinations. None of the men are currently at the Washtenaw County Jail, jail records indicate.

John Counts covers crime and breaking news for The Ann Arbor News. He can be reached at johncounts@mlive.com or you can follow him on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County crime stories here.