Two men pleaded guilty this week in federal district court to taking part in an October 2009 home invasion that included the sexual assault of two women in Troy.

Anthony Perrier Turner, 24, and Kendrick Katrell Thomas, 25, both of Clayton, admitted their role in the incident which took place Oct. 26, 2009, at a residence on Swindall Road south of Troy.

“In a plea hearing held before Federal Magistrate Judge Terry F. Moorer, both men admitted that they, along with Thomas’s older brother, Ronald Demarkus Thomas, 26, had forced their way into a residence occupied by six people and demanded money and car keys at gunpoint,” according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Several of the victims were beaten and pistol-whipped and two women inside the residence were sexually assaulted during the commission of the crime. The three assailants then fled the scene in the victims’ car.”

Troy Police arrested the men the following day.

The men pleaded guilty to carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a carjacking, all of which are federal crimes. A sentencing date has not been set.

Thomas, who was charged in the same incident, previously pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against his co-defendants. He was sentenced last month by U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins to serve 24 years, followed by five years of supervised release.

“The defendants preyed upon these victims while in the sanctity of their home, which should be safe for all citizens,” U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary said in the statement.

She also said all three men still face pending state charges in Pike County. Those include for Kendrick Thomas, rape first degree, six counts of robbery first degree, six counts of kidnapping first degree, burglar first degree and theft first degree; for Ronald Thomas, rape first degree, sodomy first degree, six counts of robbery first degree, six counts of kidnapping first degree, burglary first degree and theft first degree; and for Turner, two counts of rape first degree, sodomy first degree, six counts of robbery first degree, six counts of kidnapping first degree, burglary first degree and theft first degree.

The investigation of this case was conducted by Special Agent Jennifer Rudden-Conway of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, acting in concert with officers of the Troy Police Department. Troy Chief of Police Anthony C. Everage stated, “On behalf of the City of Troy Police Department, I would like to express our gratitude to the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Alabama, for their hard work and commitment in seeing that these individuals were held accountable for this heinous crime and that justice was served for the victims in this case.”