Connellsville teen sentenced in violent home invasion
A Connellsville teen was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison for his role in a violent home invasion when he was 16.
Terry Nicholson III, 19, pleaded guilty in December to burglary, robbery, theft, simple assault, reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit each and trespass in the robbery and assault of an elderly man and his daughter.
He and Duston Wiggins, 18, of Connellsville and an unidentified 14-year-old boy were arrested in February 2014 following a police foot pursuit.
Police said the trio rang the doorbell at the rear entrance of the Francis Avenue home before striking Caesar Gasperi in the head and face when he opened the door.
They allegedly pointed a gun at his daughter, Lisa Gasperi, and demanded money. The three fled with a safe, $600, Lisa Gasperi’s cellphone and some of Caesar Gasperi’s personal effects.
Gasperi suffered a laceration on his head and bruising all over his body.
Wiggins was sentenced to six to 12 years in exchange for his guilty plea in January.