BAKER — Four teenagers armed with a knife, guns, a roll of tape, gloves and masks allegedly planned to kidnap and rob a family Tuesday night, but their plot unraveled all four are in custody, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff's deputies responded about 10:30 p.m. to a call of a possible home invasion robbery at a home at 1500 Preservation Path, a press release from the Sheriff's Office said. The 51-year old homeowner said his 17-year-old daughter had called from her car to tell him that someone had blocked the road to their house with barrels. Instead of getting out of her car, she drove around them. A short time later her father heard his dogs barking and saw his front motion-activated flood lights come on.

He also heard what sounded like his car door closing and got his gun, the Sheriff's Office said. After spotting people trying to force their way into his garage, he fired three shots and the intruders fled into the woods. He later learned they had unscrewed some of his security lights.

An alert neighbor who noticed a suspicious car near the house about the same time called in a description of the vehicle to deputies, who spotted a 2016 White Jeep Liberty on State Road 4 and made a traffic stop, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Inside the car were 19-year old Keilon Johnson, 17-year old Austin French, 16-year old Tyree Johnson and 15-year old Kamauri Horn, all of Crestview, the Sheriff's Office reported. Deputies learned that the teens had concocted a plan to kidnap the teenage daughter by forcing her out of her car by blocking the road with barrels and garbage cans.

They then planned to head to her house, confront and subdue her father — who they believed to be wealthy — and rob the family, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Instead, youths have been charged with attempted kidnapping and attempted home invasion robbery. Keilon Johnson was booked into the Okaloosa County Jail. The other defendants were taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice.