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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida police make 3rd arrest concerning a video-taped gang rape over spring break
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A third man has been arrested in the gang rape of a woman who passed out on a north Florida beach, an incident captured on videotape and witnessed by scores of rowdy spring breakers, police said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred in broad daylight last month at the peak of spring break in Panama City Beach, where some 300,000 college students have been flocking in March and April for around-the-clock parties.
After a raucous party ended in a shooting that injured seven last month, officials temporarily banned drinking on the beach, a measure previously rejected over concerns about spoiling a lucrative business for many hotels and bars.
But the ban came after a woman in town for spring break was raped after blacking out behind a popular beach bar and club, said the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
A video recording captured the mid-March assault taking place in front of hundreds of spring breakers. Sheriff Frank McKeithen called it "one of the most disgusting, repulsive, sickening things that I've seen."
On Wednesday, the sheriff's office announced the arrest of George Davon Kennedy, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, on charges of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators.
The incident occurred in broad daylight last month at the peak of spring break in Panama City Beach, where some 300,000 college students have been flocking in March and April for around-the-clock parties.
After a raucous party ended in a shooting that injured seven last month, officials temporarily banned drinking on the beach, a measure previously rejected over concerns about spoiling a lucrative business for many hotels and bars.
But the ban came after a woman in town for spring break was raped after blacking out behind a popular beach bar and club, said the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
A video recording captured the mid-March assault taking place in front of hundreds of spring breakers. Sheriff Frank McKeithen called it "one of the most disgusting, repulsive, sickening things that I've seen."
On Wednesday, the sheriff's office announced the arrest of George Davon Kennedy, a student at Middle Tennessee State University, on charges of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators.
http://news.yahoo.com/third-arrest-made-videotaped-rape-florida-spring-break-190754592.html
Two other students arrested last week include Delonte Martistee, 22, and Ryan Calhoun, 23.
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Florida police make 3rd arrest concerning a video-taped gang rape over spring break (Original Post)
davidn3600
Apr 2015
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tammywammy
(26,582 posts)1. This is good news.
I hope they catch all of them.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)2. Next spring break, set up gallows on the beach and have a public hanging
Watch the little fuckers videotape THAT.
(so says the darker side of me)
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)3. They got this on tape right?
Throw away the key.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)5. yes. the blurred pic the newspaper post is pretty disgusting
Vattel
(9,289 posts)4. Unbelievable.
I guess what I really don't understand is how they thought they would get away with it. They must have known it was likely to be recorded.