A Fayette County

jury convicted an Atlanta man of armed robbery and several other crimes

Tuesday afternoon for invading a Fayetteville home last March.

Thale Antaneal

Brownlee was sentenced by Chief Superior Court Judge Ben Miller to life

in prison plus an additional 85 years for burglary and kidnapping.

Assistant District

Attorney Jim Harden said Brownlee and another suspect entered a home on

Glenwood Lane and tied up a father and his children with duct tape while

they ransacked the home. Brownlee held a gun to the father's head at one

point, Harden added.

The break in

the case came thanks to evidence the criminals left behind: a roll of

duct tape. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department's crime scene unit

traced it back to the store where it was purchased, and Brownlee was identified

on camera purchasing the tape.

"The sheriff's

department and the (Fayetteville) police department did an excellent job

on this," Harden said, adding that the conviction sends a message

to would-be crooks targeting Fayette County.