A 13-year-old Connecticut girl called 911 to tell police that people had attacked her mother.
Outside the home, the adult victim’s husband could hear her screams.
These elements were presented as evidence at the trial of a Bridgeport woman who has now been convicted by a jury of the crime of home invasion, according to the state Division of Criminal Justice.
Bridgeport Judicial District State’s Attorney Joseph T. Corradino said the Superior Court jury this week also found Tashi Sistrunk, 37, guilty of the crimes of conspiracy to commit home invasion, second-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor.
The jury convicted Sistrunk of entering a Bridgeport home on July 22, 2024, and assaulting two adult victims in that home, according to Corradino, who noted three other people also participated in the home invasion and assault on the victims.
According to the state Division of Criminal Justice, the evidence presented at the trial included two 911 calls placed from the home.
“The first was made by an adult female victim, who called 911 when she saw Sistrunk outside her home. The line remained open during the assault and captured the words of the defendant as well as the screams of the victim as the defendant repeatedly hit her,” the division said in a statement. “The second 911 call was placed by the female victim’s 13-year-old daughter, who can be heard saying, ‘There’s a bunch of people here trying to fight my mom,’ and later describing how her mother was bleeding from the mouth after the assault.”
Authorities also noted that the female victim testified that she observed “Sistrunk, along with Sistrunk’s boyfriend…approach her front door and break in, knocking down the door to her bedroom where she was assaulted, resulting in bruising, lacerations, and a concussion.”
The woman’s husband, also a victim, “was held outside the home by another person involved in the home invasion” and could “hear his wife screaming from inside the house and when he was able to get back into the home, he observed his wife on the floor of their bedroom, bleeding from the mouth.”
The boyfriend, who had a firearm, allegedly assaulted the adult male victim, authorities said.
Corradino said, “Home invasion is one of the most traumatizing offenses to a victim short of murder or sexual assault. It undermines the security of individuals and families by intrusion into protected, private, indeed nearly sacred space. I commend the outstanding work of the police and the staff of my office in bringing this case to a successful conclusion.”
Sistrunk faces up to 65 years in prison, 10 of which cannot be suspended or reduced when she is sentenced, which is scheduled for March 19, 2026 in Bridgeport Superior Court, authorities said.
