Man convicted in violent home-invasion robbery in S.F.'s Crocker Amazon
Prosecutors said 22-year-old Montana Jones was part of a four-person robbery operation that targeted a San Francisco home on February 14, 2024.
Evidence and testimony during the trial showed that on the morning of the crime, four armed men, wearing ski masks and gloves, drove from East Oakland and broke into the occupied home, prosecutors said.
They quickly went to the bedrooms and accosted the residents with their firearms, demanding to know where they kept their valuables, prosecutors said.
One suspect hit a resident in the head with a firearm and forced him into the bathroom with his wife, prosecutors said. Another resident, after forcibly being disrobed, was pushed into a bathroom and hit in the face, prosecutors said.
The suspects stole jewelry, cash and the residents' BMW car, prosecutors said.
'This was a violent and deeply disturbing crime that violated the sanctity of the home of peaceful San Franciscans,' said Assistant District Attorney John Roman, one of the prosecutors of the case. 'Our office is committed to pursuing justice for the victims and ensuring that those responsible are held fully accountable under the law.'
Prosecutors said Jones was in custody, and his sentencing hearing was scheduled for August 25.
Jones was convicted of four counts of first-degree residential robbery with a gun enhancement and one count of carjacking with a gun enhancement, prosecutors said.
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