A Vandergrift man was sentenced Friday to 12 to 24 years in a state prison for firing more than a dozen shots into three occupied homes in 2021.

Javon Michael Thorn Lambert, 25, entered a general plea Friday to 17 charges against him, which included aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, reckless endangerment and weapons violations.

He was given credit for time served in jail since April 2021. Lambert was ordered to undergo mental health and drug and alcohol evaluations while incarcerated, according to a sentencing order.

Court papers filed in the case indicate that homes along Jefferson Avenue in Vandergrift were hit by gunfire around 2 a.m. March 12, 2021. A search of the area turned up 16 shell casings, police said. No one was hurt.

Two days before the shooting, authorities received a report from a resident in the area that Lambert made death threats against members of their family and similar statements the day leading up to the incident, according to court papers.

The case tentatively had been scheduled for trial in December.

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