Marcelles James Peter

The 911 dispatcher asked if there was anyone around the naked girl, laying in a dark courtyard on the Richmond High School campus. “People have passed by there, have been seeing her, but nobody wants to call the cops, so we decided to call,” Margarita Vargas told the voice in the phone the night of Oct. 24. “Um, they say she looks like a ninth-grader, like about 15, 16 probably.” So began the investigation of a homecoming-dance gang-rape that shocked the nation two weeks ago, one that continued Thursday as three youthful defendants stood before Contra Costa Superior Court to answer hard felony sexual ... Read Full Story

RICHMOND — Police arrested another suspect this morning in the Oct. 24 gang rape of a 15-year-old student outside the Richmond high homecoming dance. A SWAT team arrested the 21-year-old man at his Richmond home about 7 a.m., said Lt. Mark Gagan. The suspect, whose identity has not been released, is being held on a $1.2 million arrest warrant. “He is suspected of committing several felonies,” Gagan said. Additionally, 18-year-old Jose Carlos Montano, arrested last week, will become the fifth person arraigned in the case this afternoon. Montano was charged today with rape in concert, rape by a foreign object in concert and an ... Read Full Story

Four teenagers have been arraigned in the shocking gang rape case that has horrified the entire nation. The defendants, Manuel Ortega, 19, Cody Ray Smith , 15, Ari Abdallah Morales , 16 of and Marcelles James Peter , 17 filed into the Contra County Superior Court today wearing bulletproof vests. Police outside Richmond High School, where the gang rape took place. (AP) Smith was the only to plead not guilty, while the rest declined to enter a plea. Smith, Morales and Peter are all being charged with rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object. Prosecutors say there are special circumstances that could make ... Read Full Story

Arrests continue to be made today in the case of a brutal gang rape that occurred outside a homecoming dance in Richmond, California. Among those arrested is 21-year-old Salvador Rodriguez . The others arrested are all minors, and their names have not been released to the press. Police outside Richmond High School, in Richmond, California. (cbsnews.com) Rodriguez joins 19-year-old Manuel Ortega as the two adults arrested in connection with the crime. Also arrested today were a 16-year-old San Pablo boy and a 17-year-old Pinole boy. Police say they expect to arrest more in connection with the horrific crime. Police believe that in total between ... Read Full Story

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