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Burlington police said a man took his 11-year-old son along when he stole a stove and a refrigerator from a vacant apartment. Is he vying for Father of the Year honors?

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Police said they were called to 2308 Morningside Drive at 3:30 p.m. Monday to investigate a break-in. Witnesses told police that two men in a red pickup drove off with a stove from a vacant apartment.

Police later found a red pickup heading north on Graham-Hopedale Road toward Graham. Three people were inside the truck, which had a refrigerator and stove in the back.

Police charged one of the men, Mareshah Omar Ellis, 32, of 633 Tucker St. with two counts of breaking and entering, two counts of larceny after breaking and entering and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Ellis is being held in the Alamance County jail on an $80,000 bond.

Police said one of the people in the truck was Ellis' 11-year-old son. The third person, an adult man, was not arrested or charged. Police did not identify that man or Ellis' son.