Split and simplify the following sentence while retaining its full meaning: At noon on February 8th , two armed men forced themselves into the home in Atlanta of Epoch Times Chief Technical Officer Mr . Yuan P . Li , beating him and stealing two of his laptops .
 Simplified version:
At around noon on February 8th , two armed men entered the home of the Epoch Times technical director , Mr . Yuan P . Li , in Atlanta . They beat him and stole two of his laptops .