Trick-or-Treat Horror: Masked Group With Guns Invades Farmingdale Home Halloween Night

A 34-year-old woman opened the door to her Farmingdale home Friday night after the doorbell rang expecting Halloween trick-or-treaters.

Instead, three people wearing masks–two of them armed with handguns–forced the door open and barged their way into the home on Beach Street at about 8:45 p.m., police said.

The female homeowner was inside the residence with her husband and their 2-year-old son at the time, police said.

After the robbers demanded the homeowners sit down, the husband, who refused to comply, was pistol whipped numerous times in the head, police said. The husband and wife were then bound at the hands and feet with duct tape, police said.

Two people joined the group and all five began to ransack the home, police said. The wife, who was able to free herself, grabbed her son and ran next door to call 911.

All five robbers–four men and one woman–then fled the house in an unknown direction, police said. Police have not determined what was stolen from the home at this time.

The husband, who suffered head lacerations, was transported to an area hospital for treatment, police said.

The perpetrators were described as follows:

• Male, 5-foot-8, 200 pounds with a white mask and dark clothes
• Male, 5-foot-9, 180 pounds with a werewolf mask, black clothes and armed with a handgun
• Female, 5-foot-8, with a thin build, afro hairstyle and wearing goggles
• Male, 5-foot-9, 200 pounds, armed with a handgun
• Male, wearing a wool hat and a mask

Police are asking anyone with information regarding this incident to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.

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