Trial In Deadly Main Line Home Invasion Begins Monday

WYNNEWOOD, PA — The trial for two men who broke into a Lower Merion home, shot two people, killing one, then robbed the home is beginning Monday.

Kelvin Roberts Jr., 42, of Philadelphia, and Charles Fulforth, 41, of Jenkintown, are charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and related crimes in connection with a Wynnewood home invasion Dec. 8, 2024.

As a result of the home invasion, Andrew Gaudio, 25, was fatally shot, and his mother, Bernadette Gaudio, who was 61 at the time, was critically injured by gunfire.

"Mom is the strength of the family, and she's pushing to fight every minute," Robert Guadio, Bernadette's son and Andrew's brother, said online following the incident. "While I continue to make a poor attempt at being the brains, I need to take a moment to recognize Andrew, our heart. Everyone who had the pleasure of spending more than a few seconds with him will carry a little of him for the rest of their lives. Remember him well."

A third person — Jeremy Fuentes, 27, of Philadelphia — was charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy in connection with the incident, but his trial has been delayed, court records show.

Authorities said Fuentes, an employee of Junkluggers, on Dec. 6, 2024 met with Bucks County homeowners who had a similar address as the Lower Merion home. He provided them with an estimate for removal of items by Junkluggers.

While in the home, authorities said Fuentes noticed a large gun safe, multiple firearms boxes, gun parts and ammunition, none of which were part of the estimate to be removed by Junkluggers.

Fuentes later called Fulforth and told him what he saw, and relayed the owner were elderly.
Fuentes and Fulforth were interested in stealing the firearms in furtherance of their gun trafficking organization that illegally sold factory-made firearms as well as privately made ghost guns, machine gun conversion devices and silencers using multiple 3D-printers, authorities said Friday.

Somewhere in the pipeline of information relayed to Roberts and Fulforth, the target address got mixed up with the Wynnewood address.

According to authorities, after getting inside the home, Roberts and Fulforth went upstairs, shot Bernadette Gaudio, then fatally shot Andrew Gaudio when he came to his mother's aid. It's unclear which suspect shot who, authorities said.

Bernadette was able to call 911 using Siri on her iPhone, which authorities called incredibly brave, as Roberts and Fulforth were still in her home when she made the call. Authorities said she is paralyzed, but has regained some movement since the shooting.

Authorities identified Roberts as a suspect after conducting vehicle record searches and visiting a home on Sansom Street in Philadelphia. When investigators searched the Meredith Road home shared by the Gaudios, they found 11 spent shell casings, among other things.

Three of those fired cartridge casings were from a 9mm gun and eight were from a .25 caliber firearm. The two different shell casings led authorities to believe at least two people were involved in the home invasion.

When Fulforth was taken into custody, authorities said he was carrying bags that contained, among other things, various tools, gun parts, .25 caliber ammunition, and 9mm ammunition. A search of Fulforth’s apartment found a loaded 9 mm ghost gun, a black balaclava mask, a 3D printer, and other materials used to make ghost guns and ammunition.

A firearms and ballistics expert matched the recovered ghost gun to projectiles recovered from Andrew Gaudio’s body at the autopsy.

In addition to the jewelry box, a 2004 Jeep Cherokee was stolen in the incident.

Dashboard camera footage from Lower Merion Police captured Roberts driving his girlfriend's Hyundai early Sunday morning, while the driver of the stolen Jeep was unaccounted for. Authorities later tracked the Hyundai to Sansom Street in Philadelphia.

While reviewing surveillance footage from that area after the home invasion, authorities saw who they said was Roberts pull up in a white vehicle and then a Jeep Cherokee pull up shortly thereafter.

The video also showed an unidentified man get out of the Jeep. The two men were seen walking toward Roberts' girlfriend's home on that block of Sansom Street.

The Jeep was found that same block, authorities said.

Authorities charged five people from Philadelphia in connection with the gun trafficking organization that Fulforth and Fuentes are accused of running. They are Aaron Hiller, 24; Marcus Lee Jackson, 33; Jonathan Rodriguez, 26; Corry K. Simpson, 38; and Frances Staten, 38.