Two men sentenced to nine years for 2023 Valley Stream burglary

Two Pennsylvania men were each sentenced to nine years in prison on burglary charges for posing as construction workers and breaking into a Valley Stream home in September 2023, stealing more than $1 million in property, including two Rolex watches and several legally owned firearms.

Dejuan Michaels, 31, and Daiquan Smith, 30, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 before Judge Helene Gugerty to one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, a C violent felony, and one count of Grand Larceny in the First Degree, a B felony. They were each sentenced on Oct. 31 to nine years in prison. The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office recommended sentences of 12 years in prison for each defendant.

Co-defendant Tehron Green, 45, pleaded guilty on Sept. 22 to the same charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 3. A fourth co-defendant has not been apprehended…

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