SFist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cody Smith's MySpace page The men accused of beating and raping a Richmond High School student on school grounds during a homecoming dance have pleaded not guilty.The suspects -- Cody Smith , 15, and Ari Morales , 16; Marcelles Peter , 17; Manuel Ortega, 19, Jose Montano, 18, and Elvis Torrentes, 21 - have been charged with "a variety of crimes including an acting in concert charge that opens...
SFist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Salvador Rodriguez, 21 (AP Photo/Richmond Police Department) We brought this up briefly yesterday , but we thought it best to touch on it again. Salvador Rodriguez, 21, who was initially charged with the brutal rape and beating of the Richmond High School student wants to clear his name. He's come out to the media to talk about what he saw happen that night. And the details are pretty graphic. According...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
ABC 7 News spoke to one anonymous witness who says he watched, for twenty minutes, the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl at a homecoming dance two weeks ago -- he says he was too scared to call for help or say anything because of who several of the perpetrators were. They also spoke to Salvador Rodriguez, who was held, questioned, and released in the case and who claims he tried to help the naked victim...
SFist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Yesterday, Richmond police released a recording of the 911 call made on October 24 by 16-year-old Margarita Vargas, who reported the now infamous Richmond High School gang rape. In the call, Vargas -- who had the decency to make the call after a 16-year-old girl was beaten, robbed and raped by 10 men over a two-and-a-half-hour period during a Richmond High School homecoming dance -- tells the dispatcher...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A sixth suspect has been charged in connection with the gang rape of a 16-year-old Richmond High School girl who was attacked after she left a homecoming dance, a prosecutor said today. Elvis Torrentes, 21, was charged with sexual penetration of an...
brokencountry.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Of course, what is not being reported is the immigration status of these individuals Go ahead, ask why this would matter. JD A seventh suspect was arrested today in the brutal gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance last month. Gang Rape Victim Is Church-Going Honor Student Salvador Rodriguez, 21 and Manuel
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Another suspect was arrested today in the gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl outside Richmond High School's homecoming dance, police said. The 21-year-old Richmond man, whose name wasn't immediately released, was taken into custody at about 6:30 a.m. by the...
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
An attacker "went off" on a teen when she resisted sex outside her California high school, according to witnesses, triggering a savage gang rape that left her nearly dead and riveted a shocked America. The girl, described by teachers as a devout Christian too eager to please boys, rebuffed a...
Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
RICHMOND, Calif. (CBS/AP) They were wearing bulletproof vests and flanked by deputies. Quite a change for suspects Cody Ray Smith, 15, Ari Abdallah Morales, 16, and Marcelles James Peter, 17, who all now face charges in the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her northern California high school's homecoming dance. They were arraigned in Contra Costa County Superior Court Thursday, and charged...
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
STRONG TRIGGER WARNING. This is an update to the story of a 15-year-old girl who was gang-raped for more than two hours during a high school homecoming dance by as many as 10 young men, while as many as 15 more watched. Part One . Part Two . Six suspects have been arrested and four of them made their first court appearance yesterday : Three defendants, all of them juveniles charged as adults, were...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
RICHMOND, California (AP) - The number of people arrested in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a high school dance in Northern California has increased to six and could get higher, authorities said. Jose Carlos Montano, 18, was arrested Thursday evening outside his San Pablo home. He was being held on $1.3 million bail, on suspicion of rape, rape in concert with force and other charges, Richmond...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Police say Jose Carlos Montano had a "bigger role than others" in gang rape.
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
(Bumped up from Thursday evening.) I must warn you, this is a difficult story to read. Honestly, I had to stop a few times to compose myself. My comments will be limited as the horrific nature of this story is overwhelming. I will bold aspects of particular importance. And I know this [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Police have made a sixth arrest in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a high school dance. Richmond police say 18-year-old ...
Sify (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The number of people arrested in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a high school dance in Northern California has increased to six and could get higher, authorities said.
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