MIDDLE ISLAND, N.Y. – Four suspects, including two teenagers, have been indicted in connection with a gunpoint robbery that took place in a Middle Island apartment complex in October, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney.
The defendants, identified as Aubre Vandunk, 18, of Oceanside, Isaac Brutus, 19, of Lindenhurst, and two male juveniles, ages 16 and 17, from East Patchogue and Shirley, were each charged with Robbery in the First Degree and other related crimes.
Prosecutors say the group allegedly lured the victim to the apartment complex on October 9, 2025, under the pretense of buying clothing the victim had advertised for sale on social media. Once the victim arrived, the meeting turned violent. Brutus allegedly tried to steal the victim’s car, and when the victim resisted, both Brutus and Vandunk are accused of displaying firearms and assaulting the victim while the younger suspects stole approximately $6,000 worth of clothing from the vehicle.
The suspects allegedly fled to a nearby apartment, where Suffolk County Police located them shortly after. Following a brief standoff, the group surrendered peacefully. Police later recovered three loaded illegal firearms, ammunition, a BB gun designed to look like a firearm, and some of the stolen property.
“This office is committed to holding those who use guns to commit crimes fully accountable and to protecting the safety of Suffolk County residents,” Tierney said in a statement.
All four defendants were arraigned on November 6, 2025, before Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen Kerr, who ordered each held on $250,000 cash bail or higher bond equivalents. If convicted of the top count, each faces up to 25 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Melissa Turk and Martha Duffy of the Violent Criminal Enterprises Bureau, with the investigation led by Detective Kyle Negrin of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Seventh Squad.
