Local News

A St. Matthew’s Village family was terrorized during a home invasion early this morning.  According to one of the victims, she was in bed along with her husband and two children when she was awakened by a loud noise.  Upon making checks they saw three men who had used the cover of heavy rain to break down their door.  The woman said one of the men was armed with a firearm.  The men attacked her husband and beat him unconscious after which they tied her up along with her two children.  The woman said one of the men then proceeded to rape her while the other two ransacked their home.  The assailants made off with jewellery including two wedding bands, a pair of gold earrings and a gold ring along with three cellular phones.  The men then left in her husband’s red Ford Ranger pickup truck.  After the men left, the woman sought the assistance of her neighbours to get her husband to the Western Regional Hospital. He was in a semi conscious state suffering from abrasions to the right cheek, left hand, three broken teeth, six broken ribs broken and complained of pain all over his body.  He remains hospitalized.  His wife was treated and released.  The vehicle was recovered about half a mile from the family ‘s home with the battery missing.