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A Philadelphia woman was paroled after pleading guilty for her role in a Bristol Township home invasion and shooting.
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Erica Taylor Montgomery, 23, pleaded guilty recently in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas to charges of criminal trespassing, simple assault, and tampering with evidence. Charges of aggravated assault and burglary were previously disposed of at the district court level.
Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Wallace Bateman sentenced Montgomery to time served in the county jail, paroled her, and ordered her to complete three years of probation. Montgomery was also ordered to pay $1,722 in restitution and maintain no contact with the victims.
Her co-defendant, 24-year-old Junell Joseph Osborne, of the Croydon section of Bristol Township, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, criminal trespassing, reckless endangerment, possession of an instrument of crime with intent, carrying a firearm without a license, and possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer number.
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He is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing before Court of Common Pleas Judge Matt Weintraub later this month.
Osborne remains at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $1 million bail.
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Bristol Township police responded to a report of a possible home invasion at the Mill Creek Apartments on Mill Creek Road at approximately 12:10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 28.
Officers at the scene found a man who had sustained two gunshot wounds inside an apartment building.
The victim was treated at the scene by an ambulance crew before being transported to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown Township. He survived his injuries.
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Police said Montgomery and Osborne had traveled to the apartment following an earlier dispute between Osborne and the resident, who is Osborne’s father.
The pair forced entry into the apartment, which sparked a fight that ended when Osborne shot his father twice, police said.
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Officers recovered a gun at the scene and arrested Montgomery and Osborne in the days after the shooting.
In addition to the home invasion charges, Osborne is awaiting trial on a separate charge of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, stemming from an incident in Bristol Township in February 2025.
