PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man who helped orchestrate a string of violent, targeted home-invasion robberies—terrorizing business owners and their families over several weeks—was sentenced Thursday to 272 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced.
Shaquan Brown, 31, was convicted at trial on April 16, 2024, of conspiracy to commit armed home-invasion robberies, Hobbs Act robbery and attempted robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a felon. He had been charged in August 2020.
Federal prosecutors said Brown and three co-conspirators spent months stalking their victims between November 2019 and January 3, 2020, singling out business owners—many of them Asian and many who routinely handled cash. Brown researched his targets, tracked them with GPS devices, and identified their homes before the crew moved in…