Sandy MaloneWashington, DC – A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in the nation’s capital on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman while he and two friends were burglarizing her home.
The incident occurred at about 2:56 a.m. on Feb. 7 at a home near Howard University in the 700-block of Girard Street, NW, while the residents were sleeping, according to Popville.
The break-in was conducted by three juvenile boys, a 13 year old, a 14 year old, and a 16 year old.
The victim told police that she was asleep in bed when the boys broke in and when she woke up, somebody was sexually assaulting her, WRC reported.
She said a second person also forced her to participate in a sex act.
The boys stole a wallet, an iPhone, a cell phone, and a bottled of pills from the home, WRC reported.
They also stole a white Toyota Prius that belonged to another woman who lived there.
Authorities searched for the white Prius and located it that night in the Columbia Heights section of the city, WRC reported.
The suspect vehicle fled when police spotted it, but then it crashed into a parked vehicle in the 1700-block of Euclid Street, NW, in Adams Morgan.
Police arrested two of the suspects, the 14-year-old and 16-year-old boys, at the scene, WRC reported.
They have been charged with burglary and theft.
The 13-year-old boy, who is accused of sexually assaulting the woman, was taken into custody by court order on Wednesday at his home in northwest Washington, according to WRC.
He has been charged with first-degree sexual abuse and burglary, according to Popville.