The team of home invasion robbers that hit a Grand Mission home Monday, leaving a woman and 15-yar-old boy tied up in the master bedroom, may also be involved in a series of robberies in Houston.
The Houston Police Department Robbery Division is asking for the public’s help in identifying a five-suspect robbery team that have committed at least six similar home invasions on Houston’s west side.
Investigators also released several surveillance photos showing the team robbing one west Houston residence.
The suspects are described only as five black males. One is believed to be in his 20s, while a second is believed to be in his 40s.
“The incidents all occurred at residences in which the suspects forcibly entered and took the home’s safe with its contents inside,” the police department said in a statement.
On May 29, the suspects entered a residence on the 10 block of Shady Lane and tied up a female housemaid. The suspects then used tools to remove the home’s safe and fled the scene.
Another robbery occurred on June 30 when the same group of suspects are believed to have entered a residence in the 300 block of Terrace and also tied up a housemaid. There were security cameras at the residence and images of the suspects entering and leaving the residence were captured.
This is one of a group of suspects in a series of home invasion robberies in west Houston. The photo was taken from a surveillance camera at one of the victims’ homes. The same group is also believed to be involved in as many of three similar robberies in northern Fort Bend County near the Westpark Tollway.
There are at least two more incidents linked to the same suspects.
Anyone with information on the identities of the suspects in the Houston home invasions is urged to contact the HPD Robbery Division at 713-308-0700 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
The same group of serial robbers is also thought to be responsible for at least three home invasions in northern Fort Bend County just south of the Westpark Tollway.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery earlier this week that left two victims tied up in the home’s master bedroom.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to the home in the 19000 block of Golden Heath Lane in the Grand Mission subdivision just after 9 p.m. on Monday.
When they arrived, deputies learned that a group of five or six black males forced their way through the rear door of the residence. One was armed with a handgun.
The suspects bound the two victims, a 54-year-old female and a 15-year-old male, and moved them into the master bedroom. The intruders then ransacked the residence, taking an undisclosed amount of cash.
According to the victims, the suspects spoke both English and Spanish.
Neither victim was injured in the incident.
Detectives believe the same suspects are also responsible for two similar home invasions in nearby neighborhoods. The earlier robberies took place in the Lakemont subdivision on April 1 and the Woodbridge subdivision on June 23.
Deputies said the suspects appear to be targeting small business owners.
Anyone with information on the suspects involved, or the circumstances surrounding any of the Fort Bend County home invasions, can a contact the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office at 281-341-4665 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers, Inc. at 281-342-TIPS (8477).
