NORRISTOWN — Calling it “pure evil” and “one of the worst crimes” she’s ever seen, a judge ensured that three men will spend the rest of their lives in prison for planning or carrying out a home invasion burglary in Lower Merion Township that ended with the homeowner being shot and paralyzed and her son fatally wounded as he rushed to her aid.

“It was targeted. It was planned. It was motivated by greed. This is truly one of the worst crimes this court has ever seen. There is no doubt, in this court’s mind, the act of one is the act of all. They chose to follow a path, together, of evil,” Montgomery County Judge Risa Vetri Ferman said on Thursday as she imposed the sentences for three men in connection with the violent 2:20 a.m. Dec. 8, 2024, home invasion burglary at a residence in the un

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