Montco Teen Sentenced To Prison After Fatal Home Invasion

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A Montgomery County teen has been sentenced to prison in connection to a fatal home 2018 home invasion.

Camren Xavier Williams, 18, was sentenced to eight to 20 years behind bars for third-degree murder and related charges, court documents show.

Williams had previously been charged with only robbery and related counts. Further investigation led to the additional charges being filed in the weeks following his arrest.

It was Aaron Joseph Taylor, then 18, who shot the victim through her bedroom door, investigators determined. Williams, who was 17 at the time, worked with Taylor throughout the home invasion and later disposed of the pistol and clothing used in the crime.

The incident occurred on Nov. 18, 2018 at around 6:45 p.m. at a home on the 300 block of North Washington Street.

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A repair man was changing the front door lock when Taylor and Williams came up to him and pointed a gun at him, moving him into the kitchen, the DA said.

Williams held the repair man at gunpoint, while Taylor headed upstairs, where a resident, Syliva Williams (no relation to Camren), 38, had barricaded herself inside her bedroom along with her boyfriend. They had an alarm remote and they hit the panic alarm, according to a criminal complaint.

Police said Taylor tried to break the door down and when he couldn't, he fired one shot through the door before fleeing the scene, telling the other suspect "there ain't nothing here."

Sylvia Williams' boyfriend listened for them to leave, and heard the repair man come up and tell them that the coast was clear. But when he turned back to Sylvia Williams, he saw she was not moving and was bleeding from her head. She was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

An investigation revealed that Taylor and the William believed the home belonged to a major drug dealer, and they planned to rob it. When they discovered they were wrong, they took nothing and left, the complaint states.