Final Defendant Sentenced In Violent Home Invasion In Delco
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Tyrek Byrd, 37, of Philadelphia will join his co defendants Shaquan Brown, who was previously sentenced to more than 22 years’ in prison for his role in this and other robberies. Another coconspirator, Willie Singletary, received a sentence of 17 years’ imprisonment for this role in the conspiracy. Byrd willspend 15 years in federal prison.
It was December 2019, New Years Eve, when the trio believed that the owner of a Havertown nail salon kept a large amount of cash inside his house. They concocted a plan to steal it, and go to the victims’ house. They even planted a GPS tracking device to find out where the victim lived .
On the night of the robbery, they forced the victim inside, zip‑tied his wrists, covered his mouth with duct tape, and beat him while demanding money. They even swung a three year old child by his neck in order to get the occupants to get them cash.
The thieves then forced the victim to take them to his home, where they encountered the victim’s wife, children, and nanny. Inside the residence, the robbers zip‑tied the family members, ransacked the home, and continued assaulting the victim while demanding cash. During the ordeal, the assailants threatened the family and stated that they had been watching the victims for weeks.
In September 2025, a federal jury convicted Byrd of conspiring to commit armed home invasion robberies, Hobbs Act robbery, and using and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.