Burglars Tie Up Security Guard: Police (Update)

A security guard at a Midtown apartment complex that has been ravaged by burglars says that three of them tied him up with the cord from a hair dryer after he caught them breaking into a unit Friday afternoon.

The guard told police he noticed one of the doors at the Camden Midtown Atlanta apartments had been kicked in at approximately 12:30 p.m., a police report says. The guard went inside the apartment and was confronted by three men, one of whom pulled a gun on the guard and used the cord to tie up his hands.

The robbers ransacked the apartment, moved a television, and said out loud that they were looking for a purple bag, the police report says. After the robbers left, the guard freed himself and called 911.

The resident of the burgled unit came to the scene and told police that a Samsung tablet, pearl earrings, jewelry box, Wells Fargo check books, 10 rings, and other miscellaneous jewelry was missing from her apartment.

According to the report, the robbers were three black males, the first wearing a red jacket and blue jeans, the second a large black coat and skull cap, and the third, wearing red/ white jacket and camouflaged pants.

A second burglary was reported two doors down from the first, the report says.