Two burglary suspects impersonated Liberty County deputies in an early Sunday home invasion where officials had previously searched for drugs. <\/p>\n
Shortly after 4:30 a.m., Arthur and Elizabeth Harrison of Ames, a small town 30 miles northeast of Houston, called the Liberty County Sheriffs Office, demanding to know why their home had been raided by officers. <\/p>\n
As no law enforcement agencies reported any similar activity in the county that morning and the description of events did not match police procedure, investigators concluded it had been a robbery, not a raid. <\/p>\n
The Harrisons told Sgt. Joel Davila that they had been preparing for work when two men kicked open their front door. <\/p>\n
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 Sheriffs Department! Get on the floor! and demanded to know the location of their money. <\/p>\n
After being told, the men left carrying a suitcase filled with about $6,000, a shotgun and a .22-caliber revolver. <\/p>\n
Investigators said the men put pillow cases on the Harrisons' heads, but did not restrain them, and they had strained to look through the fabric for any identifying clues, to no avail. They were uncertain if the patches on the mens arms were the same as those on the shoulders of investigators. <\/p>\n
The Harrisons told investigators they had so much cash in their home because they were gamblers. <\/p>\n
Davila said the Harrisons' home had been the target of an Aug. 21 drug raid by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Daisetta Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. No further information about that raid or the home invasion was available. <\/p>\n
The Sheriffs Office requests anyone with information about the incident to call investigators at (936) 336-4500. <\/p>\n
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