La Plata, MD — A man who pretended to be a U.S. Marshall during a home invasion has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for home invasion and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.

Back in June, Bernard Green entered a guilty plea to the charges in Charles County Circuit Court.

In September of 2017, officers responded to the 3500 block of Elsa Avenue in Waldorf for the report of a home invasion and discovered two adult victims, one male and one female, confined in separate areas in the basement level of the home. The female victim’s hands and feet were bound with duct tape and plastic zip ties, while the male victim’s hands were handcuffed behind his back and feet were bound together with flex cuffs.

During the evening hours of September 3, 2017, three suspects knocked on the door of the victims’ residence. Each of the suspects wore jackets that read “US Marshals” and claimed they were there for official business.

When the residents answered the door, the suspects forced then into the basement area of the residence, assaulting them both and bounding them. Children were also present in the home, but they were unharmed. The suspects stole marijuana, money, two handguns, and the male victim’s vehicle.

During the course of the investigation, Green, as well as co-defendants Dakevis Larry Maryland and Danzie Lee Barron were identified as the suspects who entered the home. Co-defendant Michael Damion Coffer was discovered to be a part of the home invasion by providing the victims as a target to Green; although, he was not present on the night in question and never entered the residence. A last suspect, co-defendant Jermel Andrico D’Aubrey Thomas was identified to have a limited role as a look out during the home invasion but abandoned the other co-defendants before they left the residence after committing the offense.

Based on the investigation, Green was identified as one of the organizers of the home invasion along with Coffer.

On November 26, 2018, Maryland entered a guilty plea to Home Invasion and was sentenced in December 2018 to 25 years with all but 12 years suspended in prison.

On January 9, 2019, Barron entered a guilty plea to Home Invasion and immediately afterwards was sentenced to 25 years with all but 10 years suspended in prison.

On November 15, 2018, Coffer entered a guilty plea to Conspiracy to Commit Home Invasion and was sentenced in December 2018 to 20 years with all but 10 years suspended in prison.

On October 16, 2018, Thomas entered a guilty plea to Conspiracy to Commit Motor Vehicle Theft and was sentenced in July 2019 to 5 years with all but one day suspended in prison and 5 years of unsupervised probation.