Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Boy, 11, held on rape charge
Accused of attack of on neighbor girl, 7
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
MIDDLETOWN — An 11-year-old Middletown boy is being held in the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center on a felony rape charge, accused of attacking a 7-year-old neighbor girl Friday.
The boy, whom The Cincinnati Enquirer is not naming because of his age, appeared in Butler County Juvenile Court on Monday, said Rob Clevenger, juvenile court director. No plea was entered and a pretrial hearing was scheduled for April 3.
“He was remanded back to the juvenile detention center,” Mr. Clevenger said. “An HIV test was ordered.”
Mr. Clevenger did not know if the boy has had police or juvenile court contact in the past. He cannot be tried as an adult because of his age.
The boy and girl both lived on the same street in Middletown, police said.
“The mother of the victim discovered the rape going on inside of her residence and immediately took her daughter to the Middletown Regional Hospital emergency room and called us,” said Middletown Police Lt. Don Owens.
“They knew each other. They were in a closet in her house. She heard her daughter say, "Get off of me!'”
He said their investigation methods typically remain the same, even when looking into a crime in which the alleged perpetrator and victim are both children.
“The approach is definitely different, but the elements of the crime necessary to prove it remain about the same,” Lt. Owens said.
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