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Judge Sentences Three to Life for Deadly Wrong-House Home Invasion in Lower Merion

Prosecutors described a botched bid to steal guns for resale sparked by a junk-hauling tip about a house with firearms.

Overview

  • Charles Fulforth, Kelvin Roberts and Jeremy Fuentes were ordered to serve life in prison without parole, with additional consecutive terms for other offenses.
  • Juries previously convicted Fulforth and Roberts of first-degree murder and Fuentes of second-degree murder for his role in organizing the break-in.
  • Authorities said the men intended to steal firearms to sell, and prosecutors linked the plot to a broader gun-trafficking scheme.
  • Fuentes identified a different address while working for Junkluggers, sending his accomplices to the Gaudio home on Meredith Road by mistake.
  • Evidence showed Fulforth executed 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and gunfire paralyzed his mother, Bernadette, as Judge Risa Vetri Ferman condemned the crime as “pure, pure evil.”