NBC Philadelphia is reporting that police have apprehended a 13-year-old girl in connection with the rape and robbery near 48th and Springfield on Tuesday night. Captain John Darby of the police Special Victims Unit would not confirm the report.
“There has been no apprehension,” he said.
Darby said investigators are still seeking the younger accomplice.
The victim’s boyfriend, who was robbed and witnessed the sexual assault at gunpoint by the girl’s 18-year-old accomplice, told a reporter that the 13-year-old, who was originally thought to be male, tried to prevent the sexual assault before fleeing. Police announced the arrest of the 18-year-old yesterday morning.
Darby would not confirm that the teen was a female.
NBC reports that the girl was taken into custody Thursday and, as of early this morning, had not been charged.
September 17th, 2011 at 10:17 am
This is an error. MSNBC is reporting that it was an 18 year old girl, not a 13 year old. They are also reporting that the male suspect confessed to other crimes over the past few weeks. The male victim told police that this guy seemed to know what he was doing and that the female accomplice tried to stop the rape. The MSNBC article calls the suspects boys and girls – but in my world, 18 year olds are adults.
I hope that our two neighbors who were brutalized at least have some bit of closure knowing that these idiots are arrested. We need to support each other as a community.
November 8th, 2011 at 3:03 am
It is just alarming that crimes involving teenagers or young adults increase these days. Families, parents and concerned individuals or institutions should work together in order to curb such delinquent behaviors that are inflicting harm to other people, property and themselves.