3 Men Sentenced For Violent Home Invasion In Newtown: DA

NEWTOWN, PA — Three men have been sentenced to decades behind bars following a violent home invasion in Newtown in 2017

The trio of Sadeen Jones, 42, Brandon Eugene Davis, 25, and Anthony Daniels, 26, all Philadelphia residents, broke into a Wellington Road home back on Aug. 21, 2017 at around 2:30 a.m., authorities said.

Armed with guns, the masked men went from room to room, tying up the five residents, and pointing a gun at the head of the youngest one, a 12-year-old girl, according to the District Attorney's Office.

They then took her to her parents' bedroom and said they would kill her if her parents did not tell them where their safe was located.

All told, the group made off with around $300,000 in cash and various items from the home.

Text messages celebrating the robbery and cell phone tower records confirmed the trio's guilt, the DA's Office said.

Jones, who had previously been convicted of murder in Philadelphia, faces 70 to 140 years behind bars. Davis, who has a similar robbery connection on his docket, was sentenced to 40 to 80 years. Daniels was sentenced to 30 to 60 years. Judge Diane E. Gibbons noted Daniels' attrition and "comparatively less violent past."

All three were sentenced for robbery charges, along with concurrent time for their other crimes.