Third defendant in Schaumburg home invasion sentenced

The last of three men charged with a Schaumburg home invasion in January 2010, pleaded guilty to the charges Friday.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kay Hanlon sentenced Lorenzo Vaughen, of Chicago, to 25 years in prison for the class X felony. Because Vaughen and co-defendant Leroy Sullivan, 32, of Lansing, used a firearm during the crime, the sentence range is 21 to 45 years in prison. And Vaughen’s criminal background, which includes a 1996 murder conviction, made him eligible of an extended sentence of up to 75 years in prison.

The third co-defendant, Kendall Moore, 28, of Streamwood, had bought marijuana previously from one of the victims, said Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Sanju Oommen. The three, armed with a loaded handgun, duct tape and electrical cords, decided to go to the victim’s Schaumburg home, Oommen said. While Moore waited in the car, Sullivan and Vaughen pushed their way into the house where they tied up two victims and held them at gunpoint, Oommen said.

One of the victims managed to dial 911, and uniformed police responded, at which point Sullivan fired at one of the officers, Oommen said. Police took all three men into custody a short time later.

Vaughen received credit for 416 days in custody since his arrest. Because there was no finding of great bodily harm, he is eligible to serve his sentence at 50 percent, meaning he must serve at least 12½ years before he is eligible for parole.

Sullivan pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a police officer and home invasion and was sentenced him to 25 years in prison. Moore was sentenced to six years in exchange for his guilty plea to home invasion with a dangerous weapon.