By Rick Pezzullo—
A 31-year-old Dobbs Ferry man was found guilty last week in a jury trial of eight felony counts related to a 2024 burglary home invasion in Hastings-on-Hudson.
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Brandon Scerri is scheduled to be sentenced May 21 by Westchester County Court Judge George Fufidio after a jury convicted him April 15 of two counts of burglary in the first degree, four counts of robbery in the first degree, one count of criminal possession of stolen property and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.
“I am grateful that the jury saw this case for what it was and convicted the defendant on each and every count in the indictment,” Cacace stated. “We will be seeking a significant sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the defendant’s conduct. Westchester residents must feel secure in their own homes, and my office will aggressively prosecute anyone who violates that boundary.”
On May 11, 2024, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Scerri entered a townhouse in Hastings-on-Hudson without authorization.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, Scerri walked into the parents’ bedroom where they were sleeping along with their seven-month-old baby. After the parents awoke, they observed Scerri in their bedroom pointing a loaded gun at them. Scerri ordered them to lie face down on the floor and demanded cash and jewelry. He then moved throughout the bedroom removing jewelry from the residence, including the victims’ wedding band, a Cartier bracelet, a Tiffany bracelet and a gold Pandora infinity necklace.
At one point, when the infant began to cry, Cacace said Scerri placed his hand on the baby. One of the victims informed Scerri that there was cash in her purse, and she led the defendant downstairs, along with her husband and infant, to retrieve it, all while he was holding the loaded gun to her head.
At that point, Scerri tied up the two parents using tape and electrical wires while their two other children were asleep upstairs. He then fled the scene but was later apprehended.
“The sanctity of one’s home, and of one’s sleeping children, is a right we all take for granted in this county. But in May 2024, the illusion of that security was shattered for one Hastings-on-Hudson family, who were all home when the defendant invaded their bedroom, tied them up, pointed a loaded gun at them and robbed them, all while two of their children were asleep upstairs,” Cacace stated. “The traumas the defendant subjected this family to will live with them for the rest of their lives.”
Cacace commended the Hastings-on-Hudson Police Department, the Irvington Police Department, the Ardsley Police Department, the Yonkers Police Department, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety for their investigatory work on the case.
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