Police Arrest Buckhead Home Invasion Suspect

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Police have arrested a Memphis man they believe participated in one of the three brazen home invasions in Buckhead that have occurred since January.

Leon Scott was identified by a tipster as one of two men who had returned to Memphis from Atlanta with items allegedly stolen from a home in Buckhead on May 25. Investigators were able to link Scott’s cell phone number to the number used by another suspect to contact the homeowner following the incident and also discovered a pawn shop ticket in Scott’s name for a wedding band allegedly stolen from the home, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says.

The robbers, allegedly including Scott, broke into a home on Paces Ridge Road Northwest near Mount Paran Road at 9:30 p.m. on May 25 and discovered a man, his wife, and their three children inside. The robbers allegedly covered the family’s heads with towels and held them at gunpoint while they pillaged the home.

One of the suspects took the man to an ATM and forced him to withdraw $200. The suspects allegedly warned the homeowner that they would return in a matter of hours and hurt his family if he did not have more money for them.

The May 25 home invasion shares similarities with invasions which occurred before and after it; A couple walked into their home on Randall Mill Road on the evening of Jan. 31 and discovered an armed man inside. The man forced the couple to surrender jewelry and other valuables, then made them get into a car.

The man sat in the back seat with the robbed woman, and forced the other man to drive the car to an ATM on Northside Parkway. There, the robber made them withdraw cash from their bank accounts before dropping him off at a nearby street corner.

On June 21, two unidentified black males entered a home on Blackland Road and held two people inside the home at gunpoint while ransacking the home. Atlanta police spokesman Greg Lyon said the thieves made off with jewelry, money, credit cards, and a cell phone.

One of the victims later posted on Facebook that the invaders blindfolded them, threatened them with weapons, and said that they would kill the homeowners if they didn’t follow a set of instructions the invaders left behind.

Buckhead residents put up a $25,000 reward for information that can lead police to the home invasion suspects.