Home Invasion Suspects in Custody

Update at 12:50 p.m.

Cobb Police assisted the Roswell Police Department in the apprehension of eight suspects in connection to a string of recent home invasions,

Officer Mike Bowman, spokesman for the Cobb Police Department, said the suspects were caught as a result of joint munipality communications and an investigation, which began Wednesday.

The suspects are in custody in Roswell, but have not yet been charged.

The suspects are thought to be of Colombian descent, but their names and descriptions have not yet been released.

Continue to check with South Cobb Patch for updates on this story.

Original Story

Cobb police and Roswell police have several men in custody awaiting charges in connection to a string of recent home invasions targeting Indian families in the Metro Atlanta area, including a

The most recent home invasion happened in Roswell on Wednesday night right before 8 p.m., approximately the same time as Tuesday’s home invasion.

Five masked men, dressed completely in black and carrying guns, shoved the homeowner, who is of Indian descent, to the ground and tied him up with an electrical cord. 

The suspects were ransacking the home when the homeowner’s wife, 20-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son returned. The suspects pushed past the children and knocked the daughter down a flight of stairs, Roswell Patch reported.

The suspects ran toward the back of the residence and over a hill, while the homeowner sent his family next door and called police.

He told police the men were nearly all about 5 foot, 8 inches or so and weighed around 150 pounds. He also mentioned that they spoke to each other in a foreign language which appeared to be Spanish.

The police report only lists one gold diamond necklace stolen in the home invasion on Wednesday. On Tuesday, several valuables and cash were taken.

The robbery may be tied to .

According to this Atlanta Journal-Constitution report, police believe Asian Indian households are being targeted because the price of gold is at an all-time high and because it is customary for people of Asian Indian descent to pass gold jewelry from generation to generation as gifts.

-Roswell Patch Editor Christine Foster contributed to this story.