Posted on: June 03, 2026 07:00 AM

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Four New Jersey men sentenced to prison for Nassau county burglary spree

Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that four members of a burglary crew operating in New York and New Jersey were sentenced to jail for a string of attempted and successful break-ins in several Nassau County communities in 2023 and early 2024.

Furquan Ahmad, 22, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2026, before Judge Murphy to five counts of Burglary in the Second Degree (a C violent felony) and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a C violent felony).

He was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.

Jawaun Whitted, 24, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before Judge Terrence Murphy on March 14, 2025, to three counts of Burglary in the Second Degree (a C violent felony); Grand Larceny in the Second Degree (a C felony); and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a C violent felony).

Whitted was sentenced on April 30, 2025, to 10 years in prison.

Fazon Farrington, 21, of Newark, New Jersey pleaded guilty before Judge Murphy on March 14, 2025, to five counts of Burglary in the Second Degree (a C violent felony); and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a C violent felony).

Farrington was sentenced on July 23, 2025, to 10 years in prison.

Raquil Hayes, 23, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before Judge Murphy on March 14, 2025, to two counts of Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree (a D violent felony); and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a C violent felony).

Hayes was sentenced on May 23, 2025, to 3-1/2 years in prison.

“These defendants went on a holiday season burglary spree, targeting homes across Nassau County in the middle of the night and focusing their theft on high-end vehicles,” said DA Donnelly. “I continue to urge residents to take steps to protect their homes and vehicles from theft. Never leave your keys in your car and be sure all the doors and windows are locked before you head to bed. Consider installing doorbell cameras or other security devices that can help law enforcement track down thieves and arrest them. I will not stand for theft groups operating in our neighborhoods and will do everything in my power to protect our residents’ right to feel safe in their own homes.”

DA Donnelly said that, between December 20, 2023, and January 13, 2024, the defendants attempted to burglarize more than a dozen homes in the Nassau County communities of Lake Success, Woodmere, Valley Stream, Roslyn, Roslyn Heights, New Hyde Park, Lawrence, Syosset, Mineola, and Franklin Square.

The defendants attempted to gain entry to the homes using a crowbar to pry open doors and windows around the properties. Many of the attempted burglaries happened after midnight.

During several of the attempted break-ins, the defendants were unable to gain access to the homes, tripped alarm systems, or were seen by victims in the home and fled.

Defendants Ahmad, Farrington and Whitted were charged with several completed burglaries:

On December 20, 2023, at approximately 12:30 a.m. at 71 Percheron Lane in Roslyn Heights, Ahmad broke into the victim’s garage in an attempt to gain access to their home. The alarm sounded and the victim opened the door to her garage and saw the defendant inside. The defendant then fled.        

On December 23, 2023, at approximately 5:10 a.m. at a residence on Magnolia Drive in Franklin Square, the victim woke up to find his front door unlocked and the window to his son’s room open with the screen missing and the wooden frame broken. Ahmad, Whitted and Farrington stole the victim’s 2024 BMW, valued at $130,000, and 2019 Mercedes Benz, valued at $88,000.

On December 26, 2023, Farrington broke into a home on Saville Road in Mineola through a first-floor bathroom window. The defendant took a key fob and stole a BMW X7 from the front of the house. The defendant also stole a Louis Vuitton handbag from the home, credit cards, and $180 cash.

On January 2, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m. at a Falmouth Avenue residence in North New Hyde Park, Farrington entered the home through a first-floor door that opened onto the backyard of the residence, took a key fob to a 2024 BMW X7, and stole the car from the driveway.

On January 4, 2024, at approximately 3:48 a.m. at a residence on Ocean Avenue in Lawrence, Whitted and Ahmad gained access to the home through an open rear sliding door and removed the victim’s car keys. The defendants stole the victim’s white BMW X7 SUV, which had a value of more than $50,000. The defendant also removed several other personal items from the home and a Range Rover SUV which was parked in the driveway.

On January 8, 2024, at approximately 2:50 a.m. at a Park Lane residence in Woodmere, Whitted, Ahmad, and Farrington entered the residence through a kitchen window, took a key fob for a BMW 760, and stole the vehicle, valued at $130,000.

On July 14, 2023, at approximately 5:30 a.m., defendants Whitted and Ahmad gained access to 320 Pepperidge Road in Hewlett Harbor through an unlocked rear sliding door. The defendants stole $500 cash, an Audi key fob and other items. While inside the home, the victim confronted Whitted and Ahmad, who ran out of the rear door and fled in the victim’s white 2023 Audi RS6, valued at approximately $170,000 and another red Jeep Cherokee.

After an attempted burglary on January 13, 2024, in Lake Success, Whitted, Ahmad, Farrington, and Hayes fled in a 2021 BMW sedan and crashed into a Lake Success Police Department vehicle.

The defendants took off on foot and were apprehended.

Police executed a search warrant on the BMW sedan used as the defendants’ getaway vehicle where a fully loaded black Glock firearm was recovered. A “Glock switch,” a device that allows the weapon to become fully automatic, was affixed to the firearm’s slide.

The defendants are members of a burglary crew that operates in New York and New Jersey that break into homes while armed, search for key fobs, and steal vehicles.

Whitted, Ahmad, and Hayes were arrested on January 13, 2024, by members of the Lake Success Police Department and the Nassau County Police Department’s Burglary Pattern Squad.

Farrington was arrested on March 14, 2024, by detectives of the NCPD’s Burglary Pattern Squad.

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