A teenager has been arrested for allegedly raping a young mother in front of her toddler during a terrifying home invasion in Long Island.
The 14-year-old, whose name will not be released because he is a minor, reportedly broke in the Mastic Beach home on April 19 with an accomplice.
Investigators said the mother, 23, heard noises from downstairs and locked herself and her four-year-old daughter inside an upstairs bedroom.
The alleged rapist and his accomplice, who has yet to be arrested, then broke down the door and began the terrorizing attack, Suffolk County authorities have said.
The accomplice allegedly gathered items to steal while the 14-year-old reportedly raped the mother in front of her child. He also allegedly strangled her, slashed her face with a switchblade and stabbed her in the chest.
After the two suspects fled the scene, the distraught mother ran for help to a neighbor's home with her child in arms.
'I thought they were playing 'til I realized the woman... was bleeding from her head bad. Like, her whole body covered with blood,' neighbor Dennis Naughton told CBS.
'[I] put some towels and stuff on her until the bleeding stopped and gave her some clothes...because she had pretty much almost nothing on and the kid was freezing.'
The teenager was taken into custody on April 20 and charged with rape, criminal sexual act, assault, burglary, sexual abuse, strangulation and endangering the welfare of a child.
A 14-year-old, whose name will not be released because he is a minor, and an accomplice that has yet to be arrested broke in a Mastic Beach home on April 19. The minor allegedly raped a 23-year-old mother in front of her daughter, 4, while the accomplice gathered items to steal, police said
After the two suspects fled the scene, the distraught mother ran for help to neighbor Dennis Naughton's home with her child in arms
After the traumatic experience, the young mother was taken to a hospital, where she received staples in the chest, head and face and was also treated for emotional distress.
She has since moved from the Mastic Beach home where she
