At least 18 charged in alleged gang rape of Texas girl

[The Northerner]

(CNN) -- Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged rape of a Texas girl, police said.

Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, police department, said on Monday that the investigation into the incident "is continuous," with more significant developments possible. Cleveland is about 50 miles northeast of Houston.

"There have been leads during our investigation that have alerted us to other possible persons of interest," Broussard told CNN. "The investigation is ongoing."

The 18 individuals charged thus far are between 14 and 27 years old, he said.

On Friday, the Cleveland police department announced that four students in the Cleveland independent school district had been arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/07/texas.rape.arrests/

[babylonsister]

1. omg, that poor girl. What pigs. No words fit to read.

:grr:

[seabeyond]

2. ya. pretty damn sick. read it earlier, but no desire to bring to du. nt

[LaurenG]

3. Whatcould have possibly been going through the minds of all 18 people

that not one of them didn't try to stop this. OMG!

[atreides1]

4. Mob Mentality

Along with a lack of knowing right from wrong...probably. But, the defense lawyers will try to put the blame on the girl, as will the parents of the accused juveniles, most likely.

Speaking for myself, if I was the father of this girl...I would save the State the money of conducting any trials...in theory!

[cdsilv]

9. Ditto. n/t

[BlueIris]

19. Gang rape is power rape.

So the motive was accruing power, as sick as that is.

[LaurenG]

22. Horrible. Poor thing

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[WatsonT]

5. Jesus

18.

Poor girl.

Hope they get zero leniency.

[NillaWafers]

6. That poor 11 year old child.

What a horror.

[Horse with no Name]

7. 18 pigs rape an 11-year old girl

I hope they all rot in jail.

[Bigmack]

8. I gotta know more...

not salaciously, but rather....how the fuck did this happen?

Where were the adults ... beyond those taking part?

Shit... chimpanzees wouldn't even do this, let alone our species.

[WinkyDink]

10. Is the RAPE "alleged," as in "has some doubt attached;" or are the SUSPECTS "alleged" perps?

THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

[DaisyDeedles]

13. The girl is 11

I don't care if she "consented". She can't give consent.

[LadyHawkAZ]

14. +1. Sick story, but no one's been convicted yet.

and there aren't even any details on what evidence they have. Rushes to judgement like this are disturbing.

[Quantess]

28. There are camera phone video taped images of the rape.

Of course, I personally haven't seen it, so I'm not going to rush to any judgment. :eyes:

[LadyHawkAZ]

30. THAT would be a tipping point, for sure.

Rape to me is the only crime for which there is no justifying excuse- ever- so I tend to reserve judgement until the evidence begins to show itself, in order to be comfortable in my own mind before condemning someone for it. A cellphone video would certainly fit the bill, but it was not spoken of in the initial reports, and basing a rush to judgement solely on the reports of an arrest is disturbing to me.

If there is indeed evidence then they can feed the men's dicks to the alligators and I'll be perfectly OK with it.

[Quantess]

32. Good that we agree on that.

Not necessarily about the alligators, LOL.

I have read other news stories about this, and apparently, that's how it was finally brought to police attention. Some of the P.O.S. "men" who were there took cell phone images and video recordings. Finally, months later, one of the girls' (6th grade?) classmates saw a video and reported it.

[HopeHoops]

11. And the Texas legislature will be wanting her to get an ultrasound before her abortion.

[Zax2me]

20. I don't think the Tx legislature is the big picture problem here

[HopeHoops]

21. Agreed, but the timing is a bit ironic.

[MineralMan]

12. Almost unbelievable. Almost.

Sadly, I actually can believe this story. Just ugh...

[rhett o rick]

15. I dont understand. This happened a year ago. Why just now apprehending the perpetrators? nm

[renegade000]

16. yeah, something seems odd

What leads do they have? Are they just quasi-torturing names out of people like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Four?
Or is there some physical evidence that actually implicates all 18?

[former9thward]

17. The article says it happened "late last year" not a year ago.

[rhett o rick]

18. Thanks you you are right. When you go to the source article it indicates that some were

recently arrested. There were some that were previously arrested. I should have read farther.

[Quantess]

29. Another article said it was right around Thanksgiving.

I have read other articles about this.

[alp227]

23. something like this happened to a high school girl in my home state CA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Richmond_High_School_gang_rape

Ugh! This arrest coincides with the Texas House vote on abortion ultrasounds (which includes even rape victims!) While justice is progressing here, I can't help but think that there is some political motivation.

[emilyg]

24. Sick pigs.

[Evolve_Already]

25. Not "Pigs". Not "People".

These perps are boy/men RAPISTS! Nothing more, please let us not forget that.

[Danger Mouse]

26. 13 adults who should be euthanized like mad dogs.

[Quantess]

27. This story makes me feel ill. It is about gang-raping an 11 year old.

There is NO WAY to justify the gang rape of an 11 year old girl, which apparently the defense thinks they can talk their way out of....

[MrSlayer]

31. This seems like a job for the woodchipper.

I believe we could eliminate all of these scumbags in less than ten minutes.