Teens arrested on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl
Three 13-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of raping a middle school girl in a Banning park as she walked home from school, Riverside County authorities said.
The suspects have admitted to attacking the girl Monday evening at Roosevelt Williams Park, a few blocks from Nicolet Middle School, where the assailants and the 13-year-old victim attended school, Banning police said.
According to police, the boys grabbed the girl, then fondled her before two of them held her down while the third sexually assaulted her.
Detectives said the girl, who was treated at a local hospital, identified her attackers. Investigators interviewed the three boys on Wednesday and arrested them the next day after they admitted to the crime, police said.
The three are being held at a Riverside County juvenile facility pending a decision by the district attorney's office on what specific charges they will face.
The victim's cousin, Marquavis Pryor, told KTLA on Thursday that he heard the boys involved were some of his little brother's friends. "It hurts a lot," Pryor said. "It's not right."
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EDITOR'S PICKS:
Good work by the police and the courage it took for the victim to name her attackers - rapists. With any luck, these three "juveniles" who had the adult ability to make the choice to rape her, or not, will get a year in prison where they too will be held down by a vicious prison gang and sexually assaulted. Maybe THAT is the punishment they need to better understand the consequences their actions.
Posted by: Bob Johnson | February 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM
But of course these savages are being groomed for bigger and better crimes so expect to see them at a location near you after they spend a little time gaining additional skills at juvenile hall.
Posted by: Joe | February 11, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Animals
Posted by: James Andrews | February 11, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Charge them with rape. Simple.
Posted by: Authentic Angeleno | February 11, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Emile; You should run for office - you're a natural.
Posted by: Otis | February 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM
That's not the way the quote goes 'Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we try to deceive'. It's supposed to go like this: "what a tangled web weave when first we practice to deceive".
Posted by: mipak | February 11, 2011 at 12:03 PM
oops left of a 'we' before the 'weave'. Sorry
Posted by: mipak | February 11, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Marquavis Pryor?
pretty sure what nationality is involved but that aside, but wow, these boys are still in puberty and they already dabbling in rape. Just think what they would be capable of when they hit adulthood.
Posted by: Derek Greeley | February 11, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Children hurting or raping other children is almost beyond comprehension. Where did those 13 year old boys learn that it was okay to treat a female that way? At home? At school? From their parents or siblings? Making someone do something they don't want to do whether its a child or an adult is wrong. Emile Zola to be honest I have no idea what you are railing on about. Are you by chance related to the boys who confessed to this crime? My concern is what or how will they turn out once they enter the juvenile justice system. But better now than not at all. Maybe just maybe they will hate it so much that it might cause a change in them to the better, but believe me I won't hold my breath the damage has already been done.
Posted by: Myistcat | February 11, 2011 at 01:11 PM
Castrate these wild animals, and force them into lives of servitude to the state.
Then charge their parents with RAPE, these people failed their children, their community and that poor girl.
Posted by: David Taylor | February 11, 2011 at 01:25 PM
We are seeing sex crimes like this brutal rape, and date rape among school children, that were unheard of before the internet and cable TV made pornography readily available to KIDS. We can all say "it's up to the parents" but not every kid will have parents who are 24 hours a day watching over their shoulder, and all of have to live with the results of them growing up with no sense of right, wrong or even normal.
Posted by: chicagoan | February 11, 2011 at 01:38 PM
HATE CRIME.
Posted by: Common Sense | February 11, 2011 at 03:26 PM
@ Emile Zola
The girl was raped not participating in an experiment.
"According to police, the boys grabbed the girl, then fondled her before two of them held her down while the third sexually assaulted her."
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 15, 2011 at 08:53 AM
The kids and their parents can stay with me. I will give them a safe place (safe from the rest of us).
Posted by: tom kehoe | February 16, 2011 at 06:33 PM