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09-16-2004, 09:14 AM
Boy, 13, held in sexual assault of 6-year-old sister: ~source (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2795969)
Another brother also admits to abuse, police say
By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
A 13-year-old boy remained in custody Tuesday after police said he admitted to sexually assaulting his 6-year-old sister more than a dozen times earlier this year.
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The boy's brother, who recently turned 10, also told police that he assaulted the girl because his older brother made him do it.
The case out of Pasadena is one of many disturbing sexual assault cases in the Houston area in which both the victim and the accused are juveniles.
Alberta Torres, a bilingual therapy supervisor for the Children's Assessment Center, said sexual abuse has always been a problem but more cases are being reported than in previous years.
"There has been a lot of attention to juveniles and juvenile crime," said Torres, who deals with sex assault victims. "Children are getting educated about sexual abuse so they're reporting it more."
Martin DeLeon, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department, said his department was notified by Child Protective Services in June about a 6-year-old girl who made allegations of being sexually assaulted.
Police said the girl told them that she had been abused by her brothers at the family's Pasadena apartment and at the children's grandmother's home in Houston.
The girl told police the abuse had started when she was 4 years old, DeLeon said.
When police interviewed the younger brother, "he said that he only sexually abused his sister one time because his older brother made him do it," DeLeon said.
The 13-year-old admitted to police that he had sexually assaulted his sister. He said he had forced himself on the girl 15 times since January, DeLeon said.
After the sex abuse was reported, CPS separated the family, with the girl staying with her mother in Pasadena. The teenage boy and his younger brother went to live with their grandmother, CPS spokeswoman Estella Olguin said.
The 13-year-old was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child on Sept. 2. Pasadena police arrested the boy on Sept. 7 at Shotwell Middle School in the Aldine school district, DeLeon said.
The boy remains in the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. A hearing on his criminal charges is set for Monday while a detention hearing is scheduled for Sept. 22. The younger brother has not been charged.
The Pasadena case is the latest in a string of juvenile sexual crimes in the area...
Another brother also admits to abuse, police say
By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
A 13-year-old boy remained in custody Tuesday after police said he admitted to sexually assaulting his 6-year-old sister more than a dozen times earlier this year.
ADVERTISEMENT
The boy's brother, who recently turned 10, also told police that he assaulted the girl because his older brother made him do it.
The case out of Pasadena is one of many disturbing sexual assault cases in the Houston area in which both the victim and the accused are juveniles.
Alberta Torres, a bilingual therapy supervisor for the Children's Assessment Center, said sexual abuse has always been a problem but more cases are being reported than in previous years.
"There has been a lot of attention to juveniles and juvenile crime," said Torres, who deals with sex assault victims. "Children are getting educated about sexual abuse so they're reporting it more."
Martin DeLeon, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department, said his department was notified by Child Protective Services in June about a 6-year-old girl who made allegations of being sexually assaulted.
Police said the girl told them that she had been abused by her brothers at the family's Pasadena apartment and at the children's grandmother's home in Houston.
The girl told police the abuse had started when she was 4 years old, DeLeon said.
When police interviewed the younger brother, "he said that he only sexually abused his sister one time because his older brother made him do it," DeLeon said.
The 13-year-old admitted to police that he had sexually assaulted his sister. He said he had forced himself on the girl 15 times since January, DeLeon said.
After the sex abuse was reported, CPS separated the family, with the girl staying with her mother in Pasadena. The teenage boy and his younger brother went to live with their grandmother, CPS spokeswoman Estella Olguin said.
The 13-year-old was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child on Sept. 2. Pasadena police arrested the boy on Sept. 7 at Shotwell Middle School in the Aldine school district, DeLeon said.
The boy remains in the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. A hearing on his criminal charges is set for Monday while a detention hearing is scheduled for Sept. 22. The younger brother has not been charged.
The Pasadena case is the latest in a string of juvenile sexual crimes in the area...