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Philadelphia Rec Center Rape: 5 Teens Charged with Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
PHILADELPHIA -- Police in Philadelphia say they have arrested five teenagers accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a busy recreation center.
Authorities wouldn't identify the suspects because they are juveniles, all 14 or 15 years old. Police said on Thursday that the teens have been charged with rape, simple assault and other offenses.
The girl told police she was approached on Monday night by several boys who started talking to her at a city recreation center in the Kingsessing neighborhood.
Investigators say the boys then lured the girl to an upstairs stairwell and attacked her.
Authorities wouldn't identify the suspects because they are juveniles, all 14 or 15 years old. Police said on Thursday that the teens have been charged with rape, simple assault and other offenses.
The girl told police she was approached on Monday night by several boys who started talking to her at a city recreation center in the Kingsessing neighborhood.
Investigators say the boys then lured the girl to an upstairs stairwell and attacked her.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/philadelphia-rec-center-rape-5-teens-charged-12-year-old-girl_n_1688895.html?utm_hp_ref=crime
It's sickening to read that 5 teens could all be willing to commit such a horrible act and do such inside of a recreation center.
I hope that they're all tried and, if found guilty, punished to the fullest extent of the law.
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in my old home town. Ended up, the only one punished was the girl. Made fun of, etc. Her family finally moved. I knew one of the guys involved. The cops came to his house and "really chewed ass". Sad, really sad.
That poor little girl. 
I hope they're charged and tried as adults, and sent away for a very long time. And then if they get out, make them register as the sex criminals they are.
