Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Violent Home Invasion Robbery

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tyrek Byrd, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe to 15 years in prison for his role in a violent home invasion robbery targeting a local business owner and his family.

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.

As proven at trial, in December 2019, Byrd and two co-conspirators carried out a violent home invasion robbery targeting business owners whom they believed kept large amounts of cash at their homes. The conspirators researched their victims and businesses and used a GPS tracking device to determine where the victims lived before carrying out the robberies.

On the night of December 31, 2019, Byrd and two accomplices confronted the owner of a Delaware County nail salon as the victim returned to the business. The robbers forced the victim inside, zip-tied his wrists, covered his mouth with duct tape, and beat him while demanding money.

The men 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.

After terrorizing the family for approximately 40 minutes, the robbers fled with thousands of dollars in business proceeds, jewelry, and other valuables.

Byrd's coconspirator, Shaquan Brown, 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.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the Haverford Police Department, Uwchlan Township Police Department, with assistance from the FBI and the Montgomery County Criminal Investigation Division and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Anthony Carissimi, Brian Doherty, and J. Jeanette Kang.