8 Year Old Faces Rape Charge!

[MsDisney23]

I've heard of it all now.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=3931776

Delaware 8-Year-Old Faces Rape ChargeSEAFORD, DE-February 22, 2006 - An eight-year-old Seaford boy is facing adult charges for an alleged rape.

The state attorney general's office signed the arrest warrant yesterday, although the boy has not been arrested.
According to the Seaford police, the boy, whose name is not being released because of his age, raped a ten-year-old girl. Both are students at Seaford Elementary School.

Police say the boy had an accomplice – a 17-year-old boy – and an arrest warrant for the older boy is expected later this week.

The victim's mother, who doesn't want to be identified, tells WBOC-TV the alleged rape occurred in August. She says the boys approached her daughter while she was riding her bicycle, knocked her down and took her away.

A spokesman with the attorney general's office says the case against the younger boy could go to Family Court. The spokesman says prosecutors are unsure of what disciplinary action would be sought because this may be the youngest sex offender case they've ever had.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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[ilovepcot]

Color me ignorant! I had no idea an 8 year old would be capable of carrying out such an act.

 

[Marseeya]

Huh??? If a 17 year old is involved, wouldn't the 8 year old be a victim too???

 

[luckywife]

How disgustingly sad

 

[Cindy B]

8 year olds are capable to do that. Especially if a 17 year old is involved.

 

[mtblujeans]

EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

 

[dmslush]

Huh??? If a 17 year old is involved, wouldn't the 8 year old be a victim too???

That is my opinion!

 

[tikkipoo]

Huh??? If a 17 year old is involved, wouldn't the 8 year old be a victim too???

I agree on that as well. Things are getting weird.

 

[jennobrn01]

I was absolutely disgusted and shocked when I heard this on our local news tonight. According to WBOC TV the older boy held down the girl so the younger boy could rape her. So sad.

 

[barkley]

i knew of a case of child molestation done on an infant by a 6 year old boy. the boy was repeating actions that had been taken against him.

 

[Stacerita]

Makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[AC7179]

I didn't think boys could get errections until puberty?

 

[andromedaslove]

Actually, boys can get erections from the time that they are born. Someone needs to look into this seriously, and into things that may have happened to him.

 

[momx2]

Sick, sick, unfortuantely I work in a field that I see similar things, but not this young. I have seen basically the same thing happen to a 9 yr. old boy. He was urged to molest a younger girl, but he was also deemed the victim. An older teenage boy was having younger kids his mother was baby sitting (watching pretty close, yeah, right) do things to each other, sick..... The older boy was also a prior victim of abuse. The older boy was prosecuted and the 9 year old and others were the victims. I don't believe 8 and 9 yr. olds are capable of consenting to these things. Horrible he is being prosecuted, since he is also the victim.

 

[punkin]

What kind of moron with no compassion decided to procecute this child? This is exactly why there should be some procecutorial discression. The boy seems as much a victim as the poor girl.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Yes, if the teenager is considered an adult, then clearly, BOTH of these children are victims!!!!

I can't even stand to think about such things!!!

 

[momof2inPA]

What kind of moron with no compassion decided to procecute this child? This is exactly why there should be some procecutorial discression. The boy seems as much a victim as the poor girl.

No kidding.

 

[ChristmasElf]

Shouldn't the 17 year old be the one charged with a crime for holding the girl down? How can an eight year old even know what the heck he was doing?

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Are you kidding? Calling the 8-year-old a victim too? Was he held at gunpoint and forced to rape this girl? Don't think so. He deserves to be punished for raping another child. Sorry, but a little accountability now and then is a good thing.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Sorry, but an 8 year old involved in sexual activity of any kind, which also involves an adult... the child is a victim. The adult is a Pedophile.

And, yes, in the law, most 17 year olds who commit crimes are held accountable as adults, not juveniles.