Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Police: Gang rape outside school dance lasted over two hours

Police: Gang rape outside school dance lasted over two hours: "
''An ambulance delivers a California high school student to the hospital last week. Police say she was gang raped.

(CNN) -- A California high school student who police said was gang raped in a two-and-a-half-hour assault outside a homecoming dance remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday, two days after she was flown from the attack scene in critical condition. As of late Monday, two suspects had been arrested in the case and a third was being questioned. 'There is one individual in custody who has made some spontaneous statements that have led me to believe that he is culpable for what happened,' Richmond police Lt. Johan Simon said. Nineteen-year-old Manuel Ortega, described as a former student at the school, was arrested soon after he fled the scene and will face charges of rape, robbery and kidnapping, police said. A 15-year-old was later arrested and charged with one count of felony sexual assault. A third teenager was being interviewed, according to Lt. Mark Gagan of the police department in Richmond, California. 'Based on witness statements and suspect statements, and also physical evidence, we know that she was raped by at least four suspects committing multiple sex acts,' Gagan said. Investigators said as many as 15 people, all males, stood around watching the assault, but did not call police or help the victim, a 15-year-old student at Richmond High School in suburban San Francisco.

'As people announced over time that this was going on, more people came to see, and some actually participated,' Gagan said. Authorities had interviewed the victim, and the search for other attackers and bystanders who watched and did not report the rape was in 'full-court press,' according to Gagan. 'We have checked Facebook and YouTube to try to find any revealing evidence,'...'
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Stang: OMG!! This is INSANE .. not only did no one come help this girl but when word got out, many came to join in the assault. Have we really created a society that these kids think this is okay? Epic Fail.

Ragged Under: Richmond, California, CNN, Mark Gagan
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