Home invasion suspect arrested in North Carolina The first home invasion took place Jan. 10 in Wheaton, when a robber approached a woman in the garage of her home around 10 a.m. and demanded money from her wallet, which the victim gave to him, according to police. The man took the woman's debit card, PIN and car keys, according to authorities, and later used the stolen card at numerous locations in the area. The victim was not injured, police said. The second robbery occurred the following day in Bethesda when a robber forced his way into a home on Bardon Road, police said. A housekeeper who arrived for work shortly before 7 a.m. encountered a man at the front door when she went outside to move her car, authorities said. The housekeeper was forced into the house at gunpoint, according to police, where she was tied up and sexually assaulted. The man also tied up the homeowner and the homeowner's teenage son before stealing a debit card and the keys to the housekeeper's Ford Expedition, which he used to flee the scene, police said. The housekeeper was treated at a hospital and released, police said. Prince George's County investigators are exploring whether Ray could be linked to a home invasion that took place Friday morning in Temple Hills, where a woman was sexually assaulted by a man who forcibly entered her home with a handgun, a Prince George's police spokesman said Saturday. "We haven't positively identified him as a suspect," Cpl. Evan Baxter said. The possibility exists. Both incidents are very similar. Capt. Paul Starks, spokesman for the Montgomery County Police, said Saturday that authorities think they arrested the "primary" person responsible for the home invasions in Wheaton and Bethesda. Starks said "someone may have helped him during the crime, or afterwards. That's always something that's possible, but we do believe we have the man involved in the two home invasions in Montgomery County. Ray remains in custody in Dare County, N.C., pending an extradition hearing, police said. He faces robbery, sexual assault and weapons charges in connection with the home invasion robberies in Montgomery County, authorities said. Staff writer Frederick Kunkle contributed to this report.