Philadelphia Man Convicted at Trial in Connection With Violent Home Invasion Robbery

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Tyreek Byrd, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted today by a federal jury of conspiring to commit armed home invasion robberies, robbery affecting interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery) and using and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

The defendant was charged with those offenses by second superseding indictment in February 2022.

As proven at trial, from November 2019 through January 2020, Byrd and three co-conspirators conspired to carry out a series of robberies that targeted business owners and another individual that they believed would keep cash in their home. The offenders researched their victims and their businesses, using a GPS tracking device to learn where the victims lived, and used zip ties, duct tape, and firearms to commit these crimes.

On the night of December 31, 2019, Byrd and two co-conspirators accosted the owner of a nail salon in Delaware County, Pa., as the owner returned to the business. The offenders forced the victim inside, and repeatedly demanded money, placing zip ties on the owner's wrists, covering his mouth with duct tape, and striking his face with their fists and a gun.

The men took cash from the business, then forced the owner to his residence, where they encountered his wife, their children, and their nanny. The men zip-tied the wife and children, then continued to beat the owner and demand money. They ransacked the residence, while making statements like "we have been watching you for weeks" and threatening to drown the victims' three-year-old daughter.

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

Byrd is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a statutory maximum of life in prison.

One of Byrd's co-conspirators, Willie Singletary, previously pleaded guilty to offenses related to this conspiracy and was sentenced to 17 years' incarceration on May 20, 2025. Another co-conspirator, Shaquan Brown, was convicted on April 15, 2024, after a trial and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 20.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Haverford Police Department, with assistance from the FBI and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Carissimi and Special Assistant United States Attorney Brian Doherty.