One Co-Defendant Pleaded Guilty, Another Remains at Large
BOSTON, April 5, 2016—A Dorchester man faces sentencing next week after a jury found him guilty of a 2014 home invasion, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury yesterday convicted XAVIER COLON (D.O.B. 5/16/92) of home invasion but acquitted him of two counts armed robbery in connection with the 2014 incident in Mission Hill.  He faces sentencing April 12.

A second man, KEITH GLOVER (D.O.B. 12/30/76) of Dorchester, last year pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery and a single count of home invasion for his role.  He is currently serving a state prison sentence.  A third co-defendant, KENNETH RODRIGUEZ (D.O.B. 9/19/91), fled Massachusetts prior to his 2014 arraignment and remains at large.

During the course of Colon’s trial, Assistant District Attorney Laura Montgomery of the DA’s Major Felony Bureau presented evidence and testimony to prove that Colon and Glover forced their way into an Iroquois Street apartment shortly before 12:30 a.m. on May 7, 2014.  Colon was armed with a knife, and Glover brandished a gun that he pointed at the five men inside the apartment as he ordered them to the ground.  The intruders demanded marijuana, but were told there was none in the apartment. Montgomery sought to prove that Colon and Glover took $1,600 from one victim and another victim’s wallet before they fled.

A witness called 911 after observing victims fleeing the home invasion through the windows of the basement-level apartment.

During the course of an investigation by Boston Police, it was discovered that one of the men inside the apartment, Rodriguez, was not a victim of the crime but an alleged participant who was known to Colon and Glover, prosecutors said.  At trial, Montgomery presented security camera footage that captured Rodriguez entering the Iroquois Street building with Colon and Glover following him.  Video showed Rodriguez allegedly gesture for the men following him to go in a different direction once inside the building; Colon and Glover can then be seen wandering the hallways before entering the victims’ apartment approximately 20 minutes after Rodriguez was allowed inside.

During a post-Miranda interview with Boston Police, Colon identified himself in images capturing the home invasion and made statements that he had entered the apartment armed and with the intent to demand marijuana.  A sweatshirt he was observed wearing during the home invasion was located by Boston Police in Colon’s bedroom at his Shandon Street home, the evidence showed.

Michael Coffey is the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate.  Colon is represented by Steven Key. Sentencing before Judge Janet Sanders is expected to take place at 2:00 p.m. April 12 in courtroom 817 of Suffolk Superior Court.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.