A Long Island woman who expected trick-or-treaters when she answered a Halloween night door knock instead was assaulted by armed thugs in a home-invasion robbery, police said.
Four armed, masked men and one woman pushed their way into the home on Beach Street in Farmingdale when the 34-year-old woman opened her door.
The thugs ordered the family to sit down. When the woman’s 48-year-old man refused, the thugs — and repeatedly pistol-whipped the woman’s 48-year-old husband when he refused, cops said.
The robbers bound the couple’s hands and feet with duct tape, ransacked the house and fled, cops said.
Soon after the thugsy left, the woman was able to free her hands and ran to a neighbor’s houseun for help.
“We were a little concerned at first because someone was beating on our door,” said one of the neighbors, who asked not to be named.
“When we realized who it was, we let her in and called 911.”
The 48-year-old man was rushed to an area hospital, where he was treated for cuts on his head.
The couple’s 2-year-old son, who was in the home the whole time, was unharmed.
The male suspects, one of whom was wearing a werewolf mask, are all believed to be about 5-foot-9 and 180 to 200 pounds. Their female accomplice had a thin build, an Afro-style haircut and was wearing a pair of goggles.