{"id":94777,"date":"2023-07-29T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=94777"},"modified":"2023-07-29T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T14:42:02","slug":"94777","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=94777","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

“Why do you need AR-15s?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Home invaders pretended to be Gwinnett police, tossed grenades into homes, police say<\/a><\/p>\n

After a series of home invasions involving suspects impersonating police officers, Gwinnett County police arrested one of potentially several suspects connected to the crime spree.<\/p>\n

Three families were victimized by multiple masked men armed with guns and body armor during home invasions in Lilburn and Norcross from June 9 to June 12, according to police. In the first case, the suspects threw a practice grenade through a window to enter the home and ransack the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever they were looking for,\u201d the victim, who asked to remain anonymous, told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson. \u201cI hope they find prison time for their trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim shared a video of a man with a mask, a shotgun and body armor at his doorstep in Lilburn off Burns Road on June 9 just after 3:30 a.m. He said the man identified himself as police but threw the inert grenade through the window when the victim didn\u2019t answer the door. From there, police say the suspect, working with others, stole electronics when they couldn\u2019t find any money or drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey actually sprayed mace around the perimeter of the door and underneath it to try and get me out or prevent me from coming out,\u201d said the victim.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Gwinnett police arrested Jeron Hernandez-Massa, 23, and charged him with 10 felonies, including three counts of home invasion. However, investigators say he didn\u2019t act alone.<\/p>\n

At a home in Norcross, a pregnant mother and her family were held at gunpoint by Hernandez-Massa and as many as four other suspects claiming to be D.E.A. agents, according to police. There were 8-year-old, 4-year-old, and 10-year-old boys home at the time and police say Hernandez-Massa and the suspects threaten to harm the children if the family didn\u2019t give them money and drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy stepdad is a construction worker,\u201d said one of the family members held at gunpoint. \u201cMy mom was just a pregnant lady. They left with nothing, and they hurt us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family says they told the robbers they had the wrong house and that there weren\u2019t drugs or money around. It only made them more upset, they say.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ran into the garage and that\u2019s when they hit me,\u201d said the victim, adding she was left bruised from being pistol-whipped.<\/p>\n

Police haven\u2019t said how many more suspects they may be looking for or how they believe the homes were targeted. Hernandez-Massa remains in jail without bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Why do you need AR-15s?” Home invaders pretended to be Gwinnett police, tossed grenades into homes, police say After a series of home invasions involving suspects impersonating police officers, Gwinnett County police arrested one of potentially several suspects connected to the crime spree. Three families were victimized by multiple masked men armed with guns and … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-question-o-the-day","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94778,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94777\/revisions\/94778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}