The third suspect in a January

home invasion in north Fayette County was arrested last week by the Southeast

Regional Fugitive Task Force.

George Roberts Jr., 30, of

Decatur, was arrested Feb. 23 after task force agents got his current

address from a store where he had bought furniture, said Lt. Col. Bruce

Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department. He is charged

with felony counts of armed robbery, kidnapping and aggravated assault.

Fayette County sheriff's

detectives say Roberts was part of an armed trio who broke into a home

in the Kenwood Road area Jan. 26, accosting the couple in their bedroom.

Roberts had abandoned his previous

residence in DeKalb where detectives found the .44 Magnum gun that was

taken during the home invasion, Jordan said. The gun also had Roberts'

prints on it, Jordan added.

Detectives previously arrested

two other suspects in the case including Resaul Malik Rayshad, who had

previously met the couple and was the only one of the three attackers

to wear a mask.

The attackers pointed their

guns at the victims, who were also roughed up, deputies said. The woman

was pulled around the house by her hair and forced to shut off the home's

burglar alarm, according to arrest warrants filed in the case.

The couple was tied up before

the attackers got away, but the husband worked himself loose so he could

call 911, Jordan said.

The attackers got away with

cash and other items belonging to the victims in addition to the gun,

police said.

The fugitive squad was also

involved in the arrest of Rayshad, who was found in a barbershop two blocks

from the squad's offices in DeKalb County, Jordan said.

The sheriff's department

participates on the fugitive task force, which specializes in serving

high-risk arrest warrants. One deputy serves on the task force and in

exchange the sheriff's office benefits from having that specialized

service available, Jordan said.

"They serve warrants on

the baddest of the bad and they do it very well," Jordan said.