6 Arrested After Home Invasion

Six people were arrested this week and charged in connection with the robbery Monday of nearly $40,000 worth of valuables from a home on Valley Drive.

said a 70-year-old man allowed two men into the house to use his phone after they said their car had broken down. The two visitors then threatened and tied up the man and his wife with electrical cords and made off with items including a wedding ring valued at $26,000, a .45-caliber handgun and a white GMC Sierra.

The male victim told police the two men loaded up his safe and drove off in his truck.

Police believe that those home invaders are two felons, Roger Dale James, 54, of the unit block of Bartow Street in Cartersville and Douglas Mitchell James, 46, of the 1300 block of Hill City Road in Sugar Valley. Each is charged with robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping, theft by taking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Ryan Jason Willits, 34, of the unit block of Tumlin Street in Cartersville is charged as a party to the crime of armed robbery, and three others are charged with theft by receiving stolen property: Billy Gene Duck Jr., 46; Toni Marie Gaydon, 48; and Mitchell Dewayne James, 28, all from the same address on Hawkins Road in Taylorsville.

The investigation continues, and more arrests could result.