3 Men Charged For NYC Home Invasion, Held Family Of 8 Hostage: DA

QUEENS, NY —Three men have been charged for a home invasion robbery in Queens over the weekend, prosecutors announced.

Brandon Dash, 39, and Ryan Dash, 34 and Jone Smith, also known as Conrad Harrigan, 47, of were charged with various kidnapping, burglary, robbery, assault, grand larceny and criminal possession of a weapon charges, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.

On Saturday, at a home on 247th Street between 2:15 and 3:18 a.m., three men entered the house through a bedroom door and proceeded to take eight people hostage at gunpoint and demanded money and other valuables, prosecutors said.

A woman with an infant escaped the home, and called 911, prosecutors said

The suspects allegedly took $10,000 cash from the homeowners. The stolen money was recovered after the arrests.

When officers responded to the house, they found four adult hostages and two children inside the house.

Police arrested the three suspects after an extensive manhunt in the vicinity of the house.

Two of the hostages were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries, prosecutors said.

"As alleged, these three defendants held a family of eight people, including children, as hostages, while displaying a gun and two hammers. These victims showed incredible courage during a home invasion in which a mother escaped with her youngest child and called 911. These defendants not only threatened the family, but also destroyed the family’s sense of safety in their own home," Katz said in a statement.

If convicted of the charges, the three men face a maximum of 25 years in prison.

The defendants' next court appearance is scheduled for August 22.