Brockton Man Sentenced To 5 Years Prison For 2016 Home Invasion

BROCKTON, MA — A Plymouth Superior Court judge sentenced a Brockton man to five years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a 2016 Hanson home invasion. The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office sentenced Andrew Jorge, 34, after a jury found him guilty last week on five charges connected to the home invasion following a two-day trial and three hours of deliberation.

Hanson police responded to a report of a break-in at an apartment on Main Street on Sept. 29, 2016 where a woman said two men wearing hoods smashed a rear window and invaded her apartment while she was home. The woman fled the apartment and called 911 from a neighbor's house.

Police found the two suspects fleeing the apartment. Police said Jorge was found in possession of a black crowbar, latex gloves and a semi-automatic handgun. Police said the gun was loaded with a bullet in the chamber.

Hanson police placed him under arrest on the scene.

Jorge was convicted of breaking and entering in the daytime and putting a person in fear, possession of a firearm while committing a felony, possession of a burglary instrument, unlicensed possession of a firearm and unlicensed possession of a loaded firearm. Judge C.J. Moriarty sentenced Jorge to five years and one day in state prison.