Home invasion defendant sentenced to over 3 years

The third and final defendant in an Anderson home invasion robbery and burglary was sentenced last week to four years in prison after pleading no contest in August to first-degree residential burglary.

Clinton Antoine Roach, 31, must serve 85 percent of his sentence, or about 3.4 years, before being eligible for parole. He will be on parole for three years once he's released from prison.

His former co-defendants, Sariah Ann Reid, 20, and Kevin James Watkins, 32, were sentenced earlier this year to prison for their roles in the robbery-burglary.

Reid was sentenced in April to three years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery, while Watkins was sentenced to seven years in prison after also pleading guilty to robbery and admitting to a related special allegation.

Sheriff's deputies have said that the trio broke into the home of Charles Pisciotta, 66, about 11 p.m. March 17, tied him up and left with an undisclosed amount of money.

Pisciotta, who wasn't injured in the incident, told deputies that he didn't know the three people who forced their way into his home. He said that he was able to free himself before going to a neighbor's house to call for help.