2 men arrested in deadly Lower Merion home invasion chose 'wrong house': DA
LOWER MERION TWP., Pa. - After a second arrest was made in connection to a deadly Lower Merion home invasion, Montgomery County officials revealed new details into the crime.
Kelvin Roberts, 42, was taken into custody Tuesday morning by local officers in Montgomery County, according to U.S. Marshals.
The Philadelphia man was being sought in connection to a home invasion turned shooting in Lower Merion on December 8.
Officers arrived to find Andrew Gaudio, 25, dead after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. His mother, 61-year-old Bernadette Gaudio, was also shot several times, and is currently paralyzed as a result of the shooting,
Police say Andrew was shot and killed execution style while trying to protect his mother, who was bedridden with a leg injury when the suspects entered her bedroom and shot her.
Bernadette was able to call 911 after she was shot, and dispatchers could hear the suspects rummaging through the house in the background.
Investigators identified Roberts as a suspect after he was captured on dash camera video leaving the scene in a Jeep belonging to the victims.
Another suspect, 41-year-old Charles Fulforth, was arrested last week for his alleged role in the home invasion.
Investigators say Roberts, 42, returned to Junkluggers, his former place of work, dressed in black with a mask around his neck and carrying a pistol.
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Roberts is now charged with murder in the first degree and robbery.
Montgomery County’s DA says Roberts and 41-year-old Charles Fulforth went to the wrong home seeking weapons.
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Authorities in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania are expected to announce the arrest of a second suspect accused of partaking in a home invasion that left a 25-year-old man dead and his mother paralyzed in critical condition. Kelvin Robert, 42, was taken into custody Tuesday by officers in Montgomery County. The arrest comes days after 41-year-old Charles Fulforth was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and other crimes related to the deadly home invasion.
"The motive in this case was to steal guns; they simply got the wrong house," said Kevin Steele, Montgomery County district attorney. "They went into the wrong house with bad intentions and shot an innocent 61-year-old woman as she lay in her bed and executed her 25-year-old son."
Fulforth is also charged with murder in the first degree and worked as Roberts' boss at Junkluggers.
D.A. Steele says an employee at Junkluggers performed an estimate in a Bucks County home with a similar address and told the pair about guns seen there. Roberts and Fulforth then mistakenly entered the Lower Merion, Montgomery County home looking for those guns when it turned deadly. Now, the D.A. wants to know if there are other victims.
"Did somebody hire this company, did they do an estimate, were items removed from the home, were things stolen, was there a burglary?" Steele asked.