Women allegedly ‘seeking revenge’ on cop both were dating destroyed home, stole single shoe from 20 pairs

Brianna Cabano and Dayne Sears (Detroit Police Department)

Brianna Cabano and Dayne Sears (Detroit Police Department)

Two women in Michigan — one of whom is an officer with the Detroit Police Department — are accused of exchanging dozens of text messages showing that they planned and executed a home invasion in which they stole and destroyed tens of thousands of dollars in property as a means of “seeking revenge” on a man — himself a police officer — who was dating both of them simultaneously.

The text conversation allegedly happened last year between suspended officer Brianna Cabano, 29, and Colleen Compton, 30, both of whom are charged by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office with one count each of second-degree home invasion, second-degree conspiracy to commit home invasion, malicious destruction of property between $1,000 and $20,000, and larceny in a building.

Prosecutors on Wednesday presented the messages during the preliminary hearing for the two women, arguing the messages show that the duo broke into the home of then-suspended police officer Otis Funchess Jr. on April 11, 2023, the Macomb Daily reported. Funchess was reportedly suspended after allegedly pleading guilty to assaulting Cabano in 2021 and receiving a deferred sentence.

According to the report, DPD Detective Joanna Gudel testified about the contents of the alleged messages during the proceeding.

Gudel reportedly told the court that the messages began on April 8 and showed that the two women “were seeking revenge” against Funchess for sleeping with the two of them at the same time. Fuchess at the time of the alleged break-in was reportedly living with Compton but had recently engaged in sexual intercourse with Cabano.

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