Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Centreville Home Invasion Death

A Maryland man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for his role in a 2010 Centreville home invasion that led to the death of a Manassas Park man. 

Tasheik Ashanti Champean, of Suitland, Md., conspired with two other men to rob the owner of a check cashing store at his Centreville residence on May 17, 2010. When Jose Rosales Cardona tried to stop the robbery, he was shot and killed. 

Champean pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia courthouse in Alexandria on Dec. 7 to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence causing death. 

"What is now apparently true is that Champean is not the triggerman in the death of Jose Cardona," Champean's attorneys, Pleasant Brodnax III and Frank Salvato, wrote in a sentencing memorandum. "Although reluctantly, Prather has now admitted that he possessed and fired the gun that killed Cardona." 

Court proceedings are still underway for Stacy Lorenzo Reed, of Manassas, who is accused of proposing the scheme to Champean. A Fairfax County detective testified in January that he believed Reed was the leader of the group. 

Reynard Prather, the other man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role, told investigators that Reed drove him and Champean to a wooded area near the property, according to police testimony. Prosecutors said Champean and Prather snuck into the garage, where Cardona and another resident of the home discovered them hiding.

Cardona was shot during the struggle that followed.

Previous coverage: 

• Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Centreville Home Invasion
• Detective: Suspect Burned Truck After Centreville Home Invasion
• Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Centreville Home Invasion Death
• Police Release 911 Call on Anniversary of Handyman's Death