Man Sentenced to Nearly 47 Years in Prison for Home Invasion Robberies

Published on June 25, 2024

LOS ANGELES—A Las Vegas man convicted of three Southland home invasion robberies along with a burglary in Santa Monica in which a man was shot was sentenced on June 26 to 46 years and eight months in state prison. Superior Court Judge Henry Hall called Vacho Shahen’s crimes “extremely sophisticated and well-planned,” saying that the only victim who resisted was shot. The judge said his intention in sentencing Mr. Shahen was to “keep him [the defendant] out of society for as long as humanly possible.” Mr. Shahen, 39, was convicted on May 31 of 15 charges, including three counts each of home invasion robbery and assault with a firearm, four counts of first-degree burglary, and five counts of false imprisonment, stemming from the crime spree in Downey, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica over about a two-week period in August 2016....

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