An excerpt:
They were not cops, it is being classified as a robbery.Shortly after 4:30 a.m., Arthur and Elizabeth Harrison of Ames, a small town 30 miles northeast of Houston, called the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, demanding to know why their home had been raided by officers.
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The men wore black clothes with badge shoulder patches and black masks as well as police-type belts, boots and gloves. They carried handguns as they repeatedly shouted, “Liberty County Sheriff’s Department! Get on the floor!” and demanded to know the location of their money.
BTW, Ames TX has a population of about 1,000 people. Rural or urban, crime can happen anywhere.
Although I am glad my roscoe is sitting next to me while typing, this type of home invasion is pretty much the disaster scenario. If you guess wrong, you are either robbed or murdered by thugs. Or, if you guess wrong, you just shot at a real police officer and were either killed or arrested. Bad business all around.