SALEM – A Lynn man who admitted he was the getaway driver in a Beede Avenue armed home invasion in 2008 is headed to state prison for four years.Donald Kerivan, Jr., 37, last known address of 451 Essex St., changed his plea to guilty Tuesday morning in Salem Superior Court to charges of home invasion and armed robbery before Judge Timothy Q. Feeley.Kerivan will serve four years behind bars before being placed on probation for another three years at which time he will be evaluated for substance abuse and treatment as deemed appropriate, consent to random screening, refrain from all non-prescribed substances, stay away from the victim and pay $130 in restitution.Assistant District Attorney Michael P. Hickey told the judge that the crime involved a daylight home invasion.It was around 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2008 when a man, later identified as Sean J. Anderson, knocked at Apartment 3 at 8 Beede Ave. and asked the then 53-year-old female homeowner where her son was.He told her that her son had something that belonged to him as he pushed his way into the apartment.A second intruder, identified as Israel Sanchez, also stormed into the apartment behind Anderson. The two men began rummaging through rooms in the home.The son, Daniel Gobiel, 19, was not home at the time.As the mother tried to flee with her granddaughter, Sanchez pointed a black pistol, which later turned out to be a BB pistol, at her chest, grabbed her cell phone and ordered her back into the apartment.While the two intruders were scouring the home, she was able to flee with her granddaughter and run to her neighborhood friend’s home at 117 Henry Ave., where she reported the home invasion.As she was talking to authorities, she saw Anderson and Sanchez walk by the house carrying a green box and items that belonged to herself and her son.The two robbers jumped into a parked gray Toyota Scion, with Kerivan at the wheel and sped away.The woman was able to jot down the license plate of the vehicle and quickly provided it to police along with a description of the home invaders. Police broadcast the report immediately on the scanners.Lt. William Sharpe, who was driving in an unmarked police car, spotted the Toyota about one mile away from the scene on Western Avenue and Chestnut Street. He was able to pull the car over with the assistance of other officers.Under the front seat, police retrieved a silver box with a watch inside, an air pistol, a Verizon cell phone and four other jewelry bags with jewelry inside, which was later identified by the homeowner.Police went to the Beede Avenue apartment and found the house ransacked.In the meantime, Gobiel arrived home and found that police had discovered four ounces of marijuana inside his bedroom during their investigation.The punishment imposed was less than the 10 to 15 years proposed by Hickey.In asking for the high penalty, Hickey said it was consistent with the other two he had recommended. He also noted Kerivan’s role in the crime and the nature of the crime as he pointed out his prior criminal record which involved breaking and entering crimes.Defense lawyer Mark Schmidt told Feeley that Kerivan was a life-long resident of Lynn, both his parents live in Lynn and he had successfully completed probationary terms in the past.He said Kerivan has received SSI since 1992 due to learning disabilities and physical problems with his knees and curved spine.Schmidt said his client has remorse and is “accepting responsibility.”Feeley said he considered the recommendation of the commonwealth while noting Kerivan was less culpable as the driver and that he did not enter the home, but felt a substantial sentence in state prison is required.The judge credited Kerivan the 179 days he has spent in jail awaiting trial on the case.Anderson, 29, earlier this year received five and a half to eight years in prison while Sanchez, 33, was sentenced to serve not less than five years and not more than seven years behind bars. Both men also received proba