York police: Mother and son robbed at gunpoint in own home

A mother and her young son were robbed at gunpoint in their own home after two men kicked down the door, according to a York police report.

Police officers responded to the home on Finewright Avenue shortly after midnight on June 28. A 42-year-old woman told officers she and her young son were in the home when a man wearing a gray hoodie and dark pants kicked in the door and pointed a black handgun at them.

The man forced them into the bedroom and told them to lie face down on the floor, ordering them not to look at him. They told police they could hear him speaking to another man they did not see in the living room. The two stayed on the floor until they heard the men leave the house.

When the woman went to call 911, she found the thieves had stolen her cellphone along with a red handbag containing her debit card, ID and Social Security cards and cash. The total value of the stolen items is listed at $705.

The woman then took her son and daughter, who had apparently slept through the entire incident, to a neighbor’s house to call the police.

Officers swept the house and taped off the scene. A K-9 unit was able to track the intruders’ scent to the driveway of an abandoned house on California Street, where the scent was lost.

This story was originally published July 5, 2015 at 2:04 PM with the headline "York police: Mother and son robbed at gunpoint in own home."