The final suspect in the 2007 slaying of then Redskins star — Sean Taylor — has pleaded guilty in the botched robbery.
Timmy Lee Brown was sentenced to 18 years in prison under his plea agreement Wednesday. The 23-year-old Brown was one of five young men who entered Taylor’s home intending to burglarize it. Taylor confronted the group with a machete and was fatally shot.
The group had successfully burglarized Taylor a previous time, and assumed he wouldn’t be home again. The system worked — as all five men were sentenced to stints in prison.
Triggerman Eric Rivera Jr. got the longest sentence at 60 years.
Taylor’s father, Florida City Police Chief Pete Taylor, told The Miami Herald that Brown’s conviction brings the family closure.
Taylor was a star at the University of Miami and was a first-round pick of the Redskins in the 2004 NFL draft.