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Teen Boys Arrested in Connection With *** Assault on Girls Passed Out
in Park
Saturday, May 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with
the alleged ***ual assault of at least one of three girls who passed
out at a San Fernado Valley park, police said.
A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy were arrested Friday after
police interviewed several students believed to be at Mason Park in
Chatsworth around the time the high school freshmen girls were there
on Thursday. The older teen was booked on suspicion of ***ual battery
and the younger boy was booked on suspicion of ***ual assault on a
victim incapable of defending herself, Detective Mike Fesperman said.
Investigators believe the girls — one found unconscious in the men's
bathroom, and the others near picnic tables — were drugged, but they
also may have been drinking.
The girls were treated at a hospital and released. They are
cooperating with detectives but don't remember what happened while
unconscious, Capt. Steve Ruiz said.
Police are doing tests to determine if the girls were given a "date
rape" drug or had drunk alcohol.
People playing basketball at the park Thursday morning became
concerned about the girls who appeared to be unconscious.
Some witnesses said they saw the girls drinking alcohol and smoking
something, Detective Shannon Smith said.
About 50 teenagers were hanging out in the park earlier that morning,
she said. Most left by the time of the incident and the rest fled when
police arrived.
Police also found backpacks, a bag of candy and soda bottles at the
scene, Ruiz said.
Cl***** at Chatsworth High School, near the park, started later than
usual this week because of standardized testing. However, buses kept
their regular schedules so students who were not taking the state
tests had to wait for cl***** to start.
One Chatsworth student, Sarah Dibble, told KCBS-TV that her classmates
often play hooky on testing days. Not all students are tested, and
during down time many are "just sitting there doing nothing," said
Dibble.
"It's basically go to school, watch a movie, do nothing. So it's
basically not worth going to school," she said.
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