When Warren County deputies went to Greenbriar Subdivision last week and snatched up five young men in neighborhood burglaries, they likely broke up a ring that one resident said has held the neighborhood hostage for the six years she has lived there.

“I can’t let my kids go outside and I can’t leave them at home when I go to work,” said the woman who asked for her name not to be published because she feared reprisal for herself and her children. “I’m afraid to walk in my house when I come home because someone might be in there.”

Arrested last Thursday and Friday were Gerald Young, 19, and Kameron Johnathan Lamb, 17, both of 110 Overlook Drive, Gregory DeWayne Mason, 19, and William A. Taylor, 21, both of 300 Overlook Drive, and Everette T. Scott Jr., 18, 214 Overlook Drive. Their home street is one of three in the subdivision.

The Warren County Sheriff’s Department believes the five are responsible for some of the 19 break-ins and acts of vandalism that have been reported in Greenbriar in the last six months.

Young, Mason and Taylor were charged with burglary, grand larceny and possession of a stolen firearm. Lamb was charged with two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, and Scott was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Four of the five remained in the Warren County Jail. Mason and Taylor were being held on a $30,000 bond, Lamb, on a $10,000 bond and Scott was released Wednesday on a $5,000 bond. Young, who was free on bond from a Dec. 7 charge for receiving stolen property, is being held without bond. Their cases are expected to be presented to the Warren County grand jury, possibly as soon as early May.

Another Greenbriar resident said the neighborhood was quiet when he moved in 13 years ago.

“It used to be a nice neighborhood, but now you have these kids walking up and down the street causing trouble and breaking into houses,” he said. “And I plan to get out as soon as possible”

Resident James Flagg, who has lived in Greenbriar for two years, said the problem is that the youths in the area have nothing to do.

“They need to get out and get a job, or go to school,” Flagg said, “I have not had a problem yet, but to make sure I don’t, my son stays here when I am out of town.”

The Greenbriar neighborhood includes about 100 older ranch-style homes on Greenbriar, High Hill and Overlook drives, and sits between Halls Ferry and Gibson roads.