Four accused in Douglas County home invasion denied bond

A magistrate ordered held without bond Thursday an Austell day care worker and three unemployed men who are charged in a home invasion of a trailer where four children were sleeping.

Brittany Nichole Johnson, 24; Brandon Potts, 26, of Powder Springs; Bryan Sims, 19, of Atlanta; and Darnell Kelly, 41, of Lithia Springs are charged with forcing their way into a mobile home in a trailer park on Bankhead Highway in Douglas County, armed with a rifle and a pistol.

The four adults in the trailer were allegedly tied up while Johnson and the men looked for cash.

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