Oct 30, 2012 2 min read

A third teen pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaking into a Canonsburg home in May and holding two men at gunpoint.Brennan Mitchell Cole, 19, of Houston, pleaded guilty to robbery before Washington County Judge Janet Moschetta Bell. In exchange for his plea, Cole was sentenced to 6 1/2 to 13 years in prison.Cole’s co-defendants, Brandon Michael Trent, 19, also of Houston, and Jovantai Jiviah Graham, 19, of Chartiers Township, previously pleaded guilty to charges of robbery and criminal trespass.They each were sentenced to 25 to 50 months in prison followed by 5 years of probation.According to court records, one of the victims, Matthew Andrews of 603 S. Central Ave., Canonsburg, awoke shortly after 3 a.m. May 10, heard footsteps and saw a person enter his room with a gun. Three intruders with bandanas over their faces ordered Andrews and his roommate, William Hughes, into their living room and told the men to get on their knees.The victims said one of the suspects had a handgun and another went outside to retrieve what appeared to be a shotgun, which later was determined to be a BB gun.While the incident was ongoing, Canonsburg police responded to the building for a noise complaint made by another tenant. Canonsburg police Officer Matthew Tharp testified at a preliminary hearing he looked inside the street-level apartment using a flashlight and saw two white men kneeling on the floor surrounded by three black men, one of whom was holding a long gun.After seeing the light, the three intruders moved to the kitchen in the back of the apartment while the men fled. Tharp and a North Strabane Township police officer covered the front and rear of the apartment while waiting for backup to arrive.Canonsburg police Chief R.T. Bell succeeded at getting Trent and Graham to leave the apartment without incident. However, Cole did not surrender until the Washington Regional SWAT team surrounded the building.