Woman Admits Link To Deadly Main Line Home Invasion

WYNNEWOOD, PA — A woman linked to the deadly December 2024 Main Line home invasion has pleaded guilty to charges related to firearm trafficking.

Frances S. Staten, 38, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to the illegal sale or transfer of firearms, prohibited offensive weapon, conspiracy to sell or transfer firearms, and criminal use of a communication facility, court records show.

Staten was charged in January this year after a gun trafficking investigation began in the wake of the Dec. 8, 2024 Wynnewood home invasion that led to the murder of 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and his mother, Bernadette Gaudio, being severely hurt.

Kelvin Roberts Jr., 42, of Philadelphia, and Charles Fulforth, 41, of Jenkintown, were found guilty of first-degree murder and more crimes in July in connection with the deadly break-in.

Montgomery County authorities said Fulforth, Roberts, and Jeremy Fuentes, of Philadelphia, lead the gun trafficking group, whose members included Staten, Aaron Hiller, 24, Marcus Lee Jackson, 33, Jonathan Rodriguez, 26, and Corry K. Simpson, 38.

The trial for Fuentes has been delayed, court records show.

Through a wide variety of investigative techniques, authorities traced the weapon used in the Lower Merion killing — found in Fulforth's Jenkintown apartment — back to the gang's firearm production facility, they said. The investigation included several search warrants and forensic examinations of mobile phone records.

Police described a "highly sophisticated, clandestine" facility where they said Fulforth and his gang used 3D printers to assemble a wide range of illegal firearms, all without serial numbers, making them nearly impossible to trace.

Fulforth also produced "switches," devices which essentially convert firearms to machine guns, significantly increasing both his profit and the danger posed by the weapons, authorities said.

In addition, the group produced firearm suppressors or silencers, making the final product an extremely rare, lethal chimera: a silent machine gun, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.