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Escambia Man Gets Life In Prison For Home Invasion Robbery
April 23, 2019
An Escambia County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a home invasion robbery last year.
Damon Jermaine Forehand, Jr., was sentenced by Circuit Judge W. Joel Boles for home invasion robbery with a firearm and five years state prison for aggravated assault with a firearm as a prison releasee reoffender. There is no parole in Florida so he will actually serve the remainder of his life in prison.
On June 9, 2018, just after midnight, the victim was asleep in his bed with his wife. His newborn son was also in their room. Two other sons were asleep in their own bedroom. Two of the wife’s minor sisters were in the living room. The oldest sister saw three men approaching the house via a security system. Before she could get to her sister’s bedroom, the three men burst through the front door; all three were wearing masks and gloves and carrying a gun. Forehand was one of those men.
Forehand stayed in the living room with the girls. He also told another intruder to go to the dining room and get a box; the second intruder went into the dining room and eventually left the house with the box. The third intruder went to the victim’s bedroom and immediately shot him twice. He then hit the victim in the head with the gun then kicked him in the neck, all while asking, “Where’s it at?” The second intruder came to the bedroom, whispered something into the shooter’s ear, and then walked away. The shooter starting counting down. Before he got to one, he shot the victim several more times, as he was backing away from the room.
The victim later realized the box, which contained approximately four ounces of marijuana, was missing after the intruders left. He also recognized the defendant’s voice during the robbery. The defendant is his nephew. He was one of very few people who had been in the victim’s home since the victim moved in only a few months before the robbery. He was also the only person, other than the victim, who knew where the box was and what was in it.
Forehand has nine prior felony convictions. He is due in court next month in a separate home invasion robbery case.
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3 Responses to “Escambia Man Gets Life In Prison For Home Invasion Robbery”
“The defendant is his nephew” Great family tree. You can always depend on family to rob you( snicker-snicker)
This bottom feeders pick the wrong house because if it would have been mine the story would read .man found dead and totally unreconizable due to 5 shots to the head with a 44 mag with hollow point bullets end of story !!!!!!
9 prior felonies and walking the streets – no justice there, and so finally this sorry excuse for a human being will finally have a permanent cage. Hope his scumbag accomplices get the same. His permanent cage is nine felonies convictions late.