When you say asian in georgia, I say Vietnamese Georgia.
cuz I first landed in the states in Georgia and from there, we branched out to Narleans then finally to california.
From the clues alone, it sounds so much like Vietnamese cuz my elders OG also loves to play with their fancy watches. How the hell they catches them crooks is a story in itself. Usually they would get away with it cuz my elders viets (in the 80s) tend not to do business with the Police which makes them more susceptible in these robbery cases.