San Diego Teens Accused of Kidnapping and Rape Hearing Rescheduled
San Diego teens accused of kidnapping and rape had their hearings rescheduled for December 12.
The two teenage boys are being tried as adults for the Rancho Penasquitos rapes of two young teen girls. According to Deputy District Attorney Wendy Patrick, the 16 year-old boys, Leonel Contreras and William Steven Rodriguez are each possibly facing up to 325 years to life behind bars if convicted of all of their charges. They are charged with 16 counts of kidnapping, forcible rape and sodomy by force.
The two teenage victims had gone for a walk during a family party on September 3 at around 8:15 p.m. Patrick told a judge at the defendant’s September arraignment that the two boys walked past the young girls with hooded jackets on and demanded they go to an isolated area across the street. The teenage victims complied and were then ordered to remove their clothes. The girls were assaulted for about 30 to 40 minutes until family members started to call their names looking for them.
The defendants then threatened the victims saying “don’t scream, I don’t want to have to hurt you”. The boys then took off on their bicycles that had been hidden away in some bushes nearby. The girls had never met the accused boys prior to the assault. The defendant’s are each being tried as adults and are looking at 25 years to life for each of the 13 charges out of 16 therefore if convicted could face up to 325 years in prison.
Hearing Rescheduled For Teens Accused Of Kidnapping, Rape, 10news.com, November 15, 2011
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